Hi there, I notice that when using the category top post style which features the first 4 posts in a nice displaying area that then underneath this area the 5 most recent post shows up effectively. I would love to be able to have the top posts style layout and also have the list underneath start from the most recent post not the fifth most recent post. Essentially I want to make sure these first 4 posts in the top style area are shown again in the list on my category layout?
How does one do this?
Thanks,
James
Hello,
The top posts from a category are offset in order to avoid duplication. Most people do not like duplicate posts on their site.
If you do want duplication, please remove this code: https://www.screencast.com/t/72q1KtKxxCRm
Thank you!
@Bogdan thanks for this, appreciate it. When you say most people do not like duplicates you may not be actually correct here because I am not trying to create a duplicate further down the category view as such. I have a custom grid in place that has a filter by a tag – therefore if I featured via a tag 4 posts in my grid at the top of the category layout then 4 of my most recent posts in that category do not show at all.
Right now your grid section on category area only shows the most recent 4 posts in this grid at the top of the category area and most certainly not everyone wants the most recent posts in this area. Therefore all I am trying to do here is get the 4 more recent posts to show in the first place as currently the offset hides them altogether.
Your code only checks for the 4 most recent posts in this grid – not the 4 posts that are tagged by a featured tag for example. Alot of news sites want to show the editors choice in this area, or popular articles in this area – rarely latest articles in this area as the news teams and editors would have no idea in the first few hours or day if these are the posts that should be filtered on this category layout. I have worked in many publications over the years and just showing the latest 4 posts in this grid area is the least popular choice by all the companies and all the editors – featuring popular or tagged or most commented posts in this area is much more important.
As I say thanks for this information but it would be nice in the future to see more options here for the grid as currently its extremely limited.
Thanks again for your time.
