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Blog layout on home page

productboi — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 15:57:19 +0000

I love the way the blog layout works on the “blog” tab of the demo “the blog page”.

How can I get a row on my home page to look the same?

With the featured image on the left and the copy on the right with the featured image used as the scrolling image in the BG.

Also is there a way to have a different image scroll in the BG instead of using the featured image? (Some posts I want the bg and the image on the right to be different)

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IshYoBoy — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 05:19:14 +0000

Hey,

If we understand it correctly you would like to have the homepage with some content and would like to dynamically display the latest blog post in some part of it. Something like the “Recent Blog Posts” element but with the “full-width” blog design.

If this is correct then this cannot be done without code customization. You have a few options:

1. Either create a page template for the exact given page and hard-code it inside it. See more about WordPress Hierarchy: https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

2. Override the recent posts page element to output what you need.

Both approaches are customization and are not part of the standard Support we provide as they might be more time consuming. We provide customization services for a flat hourly rate. If you are interested, please drop us a line at hello@ishyoboy.com for more information.

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productboi — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:03:31 +0000

Thanks for the support.

If anyone else requires this please paste this into the page CSS:

img.attachment-theme-large.wp-post-image {
float: left;
margin-right: 40px;
}

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IshYoBoy — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:01:35 +0000

Hey,

Could you please share the URL so we can see it as it seems we haven’t understood the desired result? Seems like you meant something far more simple.

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productboi — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:04:51 +0000

Here yah go. (would also be nice if the excerpt didn’t lose the HTML format)

I also found a bug. If you have a text block in the post the text shows perfectly, however if you add a slider module below the text in the post the excerpt does not show.

https://markmakingdesigns.co.za/dev/

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IshYoBoy — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:09:54 +0000

Hey,

The automatic excerpt in WordPress is made like that – to be simple text. To use the html you should use “the_content” instead of “the_excerpt”.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt

But you could also use the Excerpt field inside each page or post to edit it directly. Try to add html in there maybe?

Regarding the bug. Do you mean the whole excerpt does not show or just the slideshow. Do you have a preview link where we could see it?

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productboi — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:49:45 +0000

The whole excerpt does not show, Set it up for you here:
https://markmakingdesigns.co.za/dev/

Check the Uk test blog

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IshYoBoy — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:08:32 +0000

Hey,

We just tested it out and all works as it should. Please test if the last recentposts page element has the “Show Excerpt” set to yes.

If so, is there a chance to provide admin access to us so we can have a a look and test it out? E-mail for the username hello@ishyoboy.com

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