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[danbowyer]

Sorry... more questions. I am using EcoPro. I want to add 5 blog posts underneath the welcome/introduction of the site (

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). Normally, I copy the template and simply add the php snippet within that generates the blog. When I copy the template page-feature-page.php and rename the file to home.php, and rename the template to "home", I completely lose both the feature and the boxes I created. I am assuming in order for them to show, the code is looking for the specific template names. How can I make the boxes and feature page to show on a custom template?

[cmunns]

Can we see what that template looks like? It sounds like you need to add the conditional for your new page to the _template.php file Let me know if you need help on adding that page to the code

[danbowyer]

Great, thanks very much. I added my template to the conditional and now the feature and boxes are showing.

Now, I'm trying to add my latest 5 blog posts using this code:

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The problem is, if I add it to the bottom of my home.php which has only the template code in:

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The blog gets added to the footer (which I kind of expected). I'm not sure how to edit the templates though to make the blog show up right underneath the page content which is my introduction/welcome message (that I wrote using the Wordpress CMS). I would be tempted to use the usual Wordpress page.php calls, but I'm assuming I'd lose the feature and boxes then.

[arpowers]

Well all you need to do to 'show' those partial templates, is include them via PHP e.g.. `get_template_part('pro/template_feature');` but you'll also need to make sure you include the JS for the feature slider/boxes in the header.

[danbowyer]

Sorry, could you explain a bit more. Not that great with PHP, don't quite understand what I'd have to do. Thanks

[cmunns]

okay first would be to add the name of your new page template to the conditional code here in the header to initialize the js: ` ` You could even add it to the front like this `

[danbowyer]

Great, so got the template working now. Just need to add 5 latest blog posts to the home page. Tried to put the snippet in the home.php template, but it adds the blog to the footer. How can I make the blog show up underneath the "Welcome" text.

[cmunns]

instead of adding the code to the home.php file add it to the _template.php file underneath the call to this line: `` and also wrap it in this `.......` so it doesn't show on every page.