featured post on feature box need help

[yizhan 0]

need help, i tried to put a featured post on the feature box, thumbnails and titles are ok but the excerpt filter only affects the first post and another one is the fullwidth widgets appears when i added those code in the function.php i think there something wrong with the codes

[cmunns 16]

Are you using shortcodes? How are you entering that data into the feature boxes?

[yizhan 0]

yes i'm using shortcodes. datas are entered as "[shortcode]" i think theres something wrong with my function.php cause it happened when i entered functions in my function.php any advise?

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Well, you might temporarily remove the added functions to pinpoint for sure that is the problem. Then put them back one by one, I would say put them below all other code. What are the added functions purpose, perhaps I can come up with a work around for what you're trying to accomplish with the added functions. Thanks, Bryan

[yizhan 0]

ok thanks, i have no more problem with the fullwidth widget issue.. the only problem i got is adding the excerpt here is the original code that i got from other post

function recentposts($atts, $content = null) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( "num" => '5', "cat" => '' ), $atts)); global $post; $myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$num.'&offset=0'); foreach($myposts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); echo "<li class="list-item fix">n"; if(has_post_thumbnail()): the_post_thumbnail(array( 45, 45 ),array( 'class' => 'list_thumb list-thumb' )); else: echo "n"; endif; echo "<div class="list_item_text">n"; echo '<a class="list_text_link" href="';the_permalink(); echo '"'; echo ' <span class="list-title">'; echo $post->post_title; echo '</span>'; echo '<small><p><span class="list-describe">'; the_time(get_option('date_format')); echo ' | Komentarze (';comments_number(0, 1, '%'); echo ')</span></p></small></div>'; endforeach; } add_shortcode("recent", "recentposts");

and i want to add the excert, any idea?

[yizhan 0]

i've tried to insert "the_excerpt();" and the filter for "read the rest." but its seem to show only in the first post.

[Andrew 207]

In the code you're using, don't use the variable $post. It is used by everything to control normal behavior (e.g. the full width sidebar showing) Switch out '$post' for '$myrecentposts' or something like that.

[yizhan 0]

A big THANKS!!! it works...... your great guys....

[yizhan 0]

i notice one more problem, when i cange '$post' to 'myrecentpost' everything looks fine but the permalink is gone it always go to the home page.

[cmunns 16]

I do not see a closing link tag in the code above. Was the permalink showing before?

[yizhan 0]

yap the permalink is showing when i'm using the '$post" variable but when i change that to something else all permalink are directed to the home page.

[bryan-hadaway 3]

Try places a } at the very bottom of your code. Thanks, Bryan