[Kyle]

Kyle

#7751

Hello. I am brand new to this forum, and fairly new to the whole Word press thing, so if I posted this in the wrong area, please accept my sincerest apology. Is there a way that I can make particular posts show up in different widgets and on different pages? I have created 4 individual footer widgets for my homepage, and would like to be able to make an excerpt of posts show up in a particular widget and the post itself show up on a particular page. is that possible? I am still developing the site so it has not gone live yet. If you’d like to see it so far, here’s the link.

[url=http://www.caps.wegetitserved.com/rrr/wordpress[/url]

Thank you so much for any help you can provide, and thank you for your time.

[Kenneth John Odle]

Kenneth John Odle

#39225

Do you want the entire post to show up in a widget, or just an excerpt.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by “on different pages”. Pages and posts are two different things on WordPress.

[Kyle]

Kyle

#39226

Thanks for your prompt reply. I have created both widgets and pages. Ideally, when I write a post, I would like an excerpt to show up in a widget on the home page, and the actual post to show up on a page I have created that corresponds with the widget. Does that make since?

To break it down a little further. I have created a widget for each of the four towns in my area I have also created a page for each of those towns. I would like to I would like to do a post, and have the excerpt show in the widget and the post itself show up on the individual towns page.

Thanks again for your help and your time.

[Kenneth John Odle]

Kenneth John Odle

#39227

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the actual post to show up on a page I have created that corresponds with the widget. Does that make since?

Sort of, but you’re doing it backward.

This would be easier if you just created a separate category for each town, rather than a page. If you add a post to a particular category, it will automatically appear on that category archive.

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I would like to I would like to do a post, and have the excerpt show in the widget

Again, if you create a category for each town, rather than a page, you can pull in the most recent post from each category into each separate widget. This will require some custom PHP, however. You will also need to install a PHP widget (there are a few to choose from) in order to add that PHP code to the widget.

This page might help explain the categories/posts thing:

http://blog.kjodle.net/2011/08/27/pages-or-posts/