Show page excerpts on my WP theme

CMS & WordPress
1

Hi there, I currently have a section on the bottom of my homepage that shows a post title, image and brief excerpt for three posts in a category. These are shown as three columns under my slider.

I am using this code:

<!--Index Articles-->
	<div id="index_articles">
			<ul>
					<?php query_posts('category_name=services&showposts=3'); ?>
					<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
					<li>
							<img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "serv", true);?>" class="articletitlepic" alt="" align="left" />
							<h3 class="myclass typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
					</li>
										
					<?php endwhile; else: ?>  
					<li>
												<h2>Woops...</h2>  
												<p>Sorry, no posts we're found.</p>  
					</li>
					<?php endif; ?>
			</ul>
								
	</div>
<!--End Index Articles-->

I want to create the same section, but use 3 PAGES instead of posts. I have searched the codex but can not find how to show just the information I need from the pages or how to say which pages I want.

Any chance I have just missed something and it is as easy as changing post to pages (I have tried this but maybe not in the right way)

Thanks

2

Is this more complicated than I think it is? I thought displaying information from pages would be easy?

I thought it was just me missing the obvious.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on the codex? i have searched if for answers but found none.

Thanks

3

On Pages page, it has a section for including pages. That may help

4

The codex tells me it is possible, but then only provides a link to a plugin.

5

yeah, you need to use the plugin to do it…

6

Really? I have to use a plugin to display content from a page on the homepage of the site?
Couldnt i use something like this:

query_posts( 'pagename=contact' );

And then get the page title, image and excerpt?

7

This seems like I am getting closer, but still not getting the page reults I want?

<?php query_posts('page_name=commercial-services&community-development&domestic'); ?>
										<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
										<li>
												<img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "serv", true);?>" class="articletitlepic" alt="" align="left" />
												<h3 class="myclass typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
												<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
										</li>
										
										<?php endwhile; else: ?>
8

I changed the top code to:

<?php query_posts('post_type=page&pagename=services/domestic'); ?>

I get the page I want, but I want to grab 2 more pages.

Can I use an array in some way?

9

Now trying an array:

<?php $args = array(
        													'post_type' => 'page', 
        													'pagename' => array('domestic', 'commercial-services', 'community-development')
															);
										query_posts( $args ); ?>
										<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
										<li>
												<img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "serv", true);?>" class="articletitlepic" alt="" align="left" />
												<h3 class="myclass typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
												<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

But still no luck?

10

Why not just put the contact stuff in the homepage file?

11

Contact stuff? Not sure what you are referring too?