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Sometimes you need to throw something up front and center for all the world to see. Leave your pants on, Mazz, I’m talking about blog posts.

/* populates feature box with latest post excerpt :: change category name to taste*/

function featurecontent() { ?>

<div id=”my-feature-box”>

// start loop with query for specific category of post & desired number to display
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘category_name=video&showposts=1′); while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;?>

// set title of displayed post to display as h2 and supply permalink to full article
<h2><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

// display the content or change to the_excerpt if desired
<?php the_content(); ?>

// offer link to the rest of the article if using an excerpt
<div class=”featurereadmore”>
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Read the full article”>Read the full article &rarr;</a>
</div>

// end the loop
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php
}

add_action(‘thesis_hook_feature_box’, ‘featurecontent’);

Maybe I mentioned this elsewhere, but what the hell, here is is again. To add a clone of the top nav, just do this:

/* Remove Thesis attribution, add footer nav */
remove_action(‘thesis_hook_footer’, ‘thesis_attribution’);
add_action(‘thesis_hook_footer’, ‘thesis_nav_menu’);

Hot on the heels (heels! footer! haha!) of yesterday’s footer post, here’s a better way to code it, using an unordered list so it’s semantically correct:

// Custom footer
add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'custom_footer');

function custom_footer() {
?>
<div id="footer_right">&copy; < ?= date( 'Y' ) ?>, Company name &bull; site by HDG, inc.</div>
<div id="footer_left">
<ul class="menu">
<li>HOME</li>
<li>About us</li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Affiliations</li>
<li>Contact Us</li>
</ul>
</div>
< ?php
}