3 column on main page

[jankowalski 3]

i m trying to display latest post with thumbnails in 3 columns on a static page. this is the code i am using:

<table border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<?php 
$cat=5; 
$cols = 3;
$colsdisp = 0; 
?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<tr>
<?php query_posts( 'cat=5$cat&posts_per_page=3' ); ?>
<?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php
if ($colsdisp == $cols) {
print "</tr>n<tr>n";
$colsdisp = 0;
}
?>
<?php echo "<td width=33%>"; ?>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<br><i><?php $author = get_the_author(); echo $author; ?></i><br>
<p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<?php echo "</td>n"; ?>
<?php $colsdisp++; ?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p>Sorry, no products matched your criteria.</p>
<?php
$colsexec = $cols - $colsdisp;
for ($i=1; $i<=$colsexec; $i++) {
}
print "<td valign="top"></td>n";
?>
</tr>
<?php endif; ?>
</table>

it used to work with standard template but not with pagelines framework, could anyone please test it and tell me how do i adapt it or wher is the error?

thanks

[James B 436]

Hi there,

 

I'm not sure about a php solution but if I was creating the suggested layout I'd use the plugin - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/special-recent-posts/ and the pagelines grid system at - http://demo.pagelines.me/tools/

 

Using a shortcode like

 

<div class="row">
<div class="span4">Your special recent posts shortcode goes here</div>
<div class="span4">Your special recent posts shortcode goes here</div>
<div class="span4">Your special recent posts shortcode goes here</div>
</div>

This will create a three column grid with your recent posts shortcode inside each column, which will return the required content from the posts to display in the layout.