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[Benzyl]

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on my front page of my wordpress, i want to have different coloms for different categories like blue widgets which would show a summary of the last 5 posts in that categorie and red widgets etc

so instead of the normal 1 colom of all blog posts i could have several with different categories in each

any help appreciated

thanks rob

[pete_coles]

I've not actually done this so might not work but wouldn't it be just a case of making the layout in columns then adding the relevant code to include posts from a specific category.

Heres some links that may help. Let me know how you get on

WordPress Theme Hacks
http://www.dbswebsite.com/design/wordpress-reference/

[kylah16]

Hi Rob,
It sounds like you need a magazine wordpress theme. The best one I'd say is the Revolution theme which you have to pay for but there is a good blog post here reviewing all the top free magazine themes.

[DannyW]

Rob don't know how you are with code, but if you just want the code the code to pull different groups of categories with the post title here you are.

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=3"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

If you don't want to show the whole post use an excerpt or content with a limit on it.

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

Copy the index/main php file and use it to create a new file called home.php.

In this file create a few div ids: homepage - homeleft - homeright and size these in the css.

Then create a/some div classes: posts and size these in the style css.

The Revolution themes are also all pretty damn good as already mentioned. The site in my sig is a revolution tech.

[Benzyl]

Thanks for the help, ye im designing my own theme based off of the revolution theme, Iv got it pretty much laid out how I want it, I just needed to know how to do that ^. Ill have a look at those websites aswell, im sure ill find something else I might use.