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Blog modules showing most recent in order?

Discussion in 'Free Divi Community Forum' started by chris r, Aug 1, 2019.

  1. chris r

    chris r Member

    Hi,

    New to the Blog module in Divi. I'm trying to build two rows of 3 columns each. Each column will have a blog module displaying featured image, title, category and excerpt. So 6 blog modules

    However, I need to build it so that the display shows the most recent blogs in descending order, left to right, regardless of category. And in the middle column of the first row will be user selected as the featured blog (I'm guessing I'd use Advanced Custom Fields to flag it?). So then the other blog modules built in descending order would then have to ignore that featured blog.

    Would look like...

    MOST RECENT #1 FEATURED(selected by WP user) MOST RECENT #2
    MOST RECENT #3 MOST RECENT #4 MOST RECENT #5.

    Is there a way to do this in the Divi module? Or do I need to build a shortcode and create myself?

    Thanks!
     
    #1 chris r, Aug 1, 2019
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  2. Divi.Help

    Divi.Help Administrator
    Staff Member

    You might want to do like this:
    1. Create 2 rows with 3 columns.
    2. In each column, add a blog module in it.
    3. For the MOST RECENT #2, you will need to set the Blog module settings > Post Offset Number > 1. For the MOST RECENT #3, you will need to set the Blog module settings > Post Offset Number > 2 & so on.
    4. Then for the featured one, you might just want to filter the blog with 'Featured' category name will do.
     
    #2 Divi.Help, Aug 1, 2019
  3. chris r

    chris r Member

    Thanks, this definitely helps.

    Regarding the featured section, I think the users might get confused if they have to add a category for that post, then remove the category for a different post.

    If I want to add a custom featured field "yes/no" on the WP dashboard for posts, is my best bet to make a shortcode for that Featured block and build out the HTML or can Divi display a post based on a custom field?
     
    #3 chris r, Aug 1, 2019
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  4. Divi.Help

    Divi.Help Administrator
    Staff Member

    It will always show the newest post with featured category. So you don't really need to remove the featured category from the old ones.

    But that's what I suggested. It's up to you to see which method is the best way to achieve that.
     
    #4 Divi.Help, Aug 1, 2019
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