get-news shortcode
The "get-news" shortcode can be used to pull in a list of news posts from the current site, or a different Wheaton site.
Usage:
[ get-news ]
The above shortcode will pull in the 5 most recent posts with the category "news", sorted by date (descending).
Advanced usage:
[ get-news site_name="news" numberposts="10" show_dates="0" ]
Several options are available for this shortcode:
| Attribute | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category_name | news | The name of the category to display. Optional. |
| heading | false | A heading to display before the list of posts. <h3>{heading}</h3> |
| listclass | post-list | A class to assign to the list tag (<ul>). |
| listid | null | An ID to assign to the list tag (<ul>). |
| numberposts | 5 | The number of posts to display. |
| orderby | date | Posts will be sorted by this field. Other options. |
| order | desc | Designates the ascending or descending order of the ORDERBY parameter. Possible values include "desc" and "asc". |
| show_authors | false | Display authors or not. <span class="post-author">By {authorname}</span> |
| show_dates | true | Display dates or not. <span class="post-date">May 1, 2012</span> |
| show_excerpt | true | Show the excerpt or not. <div class="post-excerpt">{excerpt}</div> |
| show_fulltext | false | Show the full text of the post or not. <div class="post-text">{full text}</div> |
| show_more_link | true | Show the "More" link or not. <div class="post-more">{show_more_text</div> |
| show_more_text | More » | The text of the "More" link; shown if show_more_link is true. |
| show_titles | true | Show post titles or not. <h4><a class="post-title" href="{link}">{post title}</a></h4> |
| site_id | ID of current site | The numeric ID of the site to pull news from. The default is the ID of the current site. |
| site_name | null | The path to the site to pull news from. This is the first part of the site's URL. So, to pull from http://wheatoncollege.edu/news/, the correct value for site_name is "news". This overrides site_id above. |
| tag | null | Gets news by tag(s). Example: tag=headline will grab all posts that have been tagged "headline". More options. |
| thumbnails | small | Display post thumbnails or not. Options are: small, medium, full, none. |
| offset | 0 | Skip this many posts. |
For more information about this shortcode, please contact web@wheatoncollege.edu.
