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1. pseudoxiah
   Member

   Hi guys.

   I am developing a magazine style theme for Wordpress. I want to display the latest 3 posts on the front page and on the upcoming pages the default number of posts.

   The problem is, it is displaying the first 3 posts on the front page and then on the next page it displays posts 11 to 20 or a 404 error if there are less then 11 posts published.

   Here's the code I'm using:

   <?php if(!is_paged()) { ?>
     <?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       query_posts("paged=$page&posts_per_page=3"); ?>
     // The_Loop
   <?php } ?>
   <?php else { ?>
     <?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       query_posts("paged=$page"); ?>
     // The_Loop
   <?php } ?>

   So technically posts 4 to 10 are never displayed. Besides from that, the last page always displays a 404 error, although the link to it is displayed.

   Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. James
   Member

   The problem is that (at a guess??) you've set 10 posts to display per page in WP admin but the loop for the first page is only telling WP to show 3 posts.

   To fix it, you either need to change the number of posts per page to 3 (in WP options) or create a 'featured' section which involves 2 loops.

   This code may help you in the right direction:

   query_posts("paged=$page&showposts=7&offset=3")

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. pseudoxiah
   Member

   Nevermind, I dropped the idea. It appears that any combination with query_posts or wp_query breaks the pagination somehow.

   However, the theme is kinda ready and I could use some beta testing. It is of course available under GPL :)
   http://bit.ly/o4Ndi

   Posted 1 year ago #

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