How to Display a Featured Post

Add Emphasis to an Individual Post

This module displays information about a particular post that I want to display more prominently.

As you may have noticed, I have implemented a “Featured Post&” module on the top of my main blog page. This module displays information about a particular post that I want to display more prominently.

I have been considering adding a feature like this for some time, but until I received some inspiration from from Philip Moore over at Big Square Blog I really had no direction on how to begin.

Philip suggests using his technique to display a post on a static WordPress Page, but I opted to use it to display a feature post on my main index template page. I used the code Philip supplied and tweaked it for my own use. Philip’s basic code assumes that you are going to display the content of your most recent post. However, in my situation I don’t want to display the most recent post. Instead, I want to identify a particular post and have the content of this post displayed in the “Featured Post” area of my blog.

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December 29th, 2007 | Website Design, WordPress | Comment first »

New Header Graphic for 1955 Design

Your Thoughts?

question-mark.jpgI have just uploaded a new header graphic to 1955 Design. Obviously, it is a much different look than the old header graphic.

I thought the header needed to be more colorful, more upbeat and more contemporary. What do you think?

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December 26th, 2007 | This 'n That | Comment first »

Our Most Important Post of 2007

You Can Make A Difference!

kiva-xmas.jpgA couple of days ago I wrote an article titled Our Most Popular Posts of 2007. After thinking back about the articles written in 2007, it struck me that I needed to talk a bit about another post that I had overlooked. The post is certainly not very popular, because nobody even commented on it. In my opinion, however, it is the most important post I wrote last year.

In September I became aware of an organization named Kiva and wrote an article about what I learned. The short story is that Kiva facilitates microfinance loans from people like you and me, and then disperses those loans to small business owners in third world countries. In turn, these business owners use these funds to grow and expand their businesses so that they can increase the standard of living for their families. Oh, I almost forgot. The other thing these business owners do, from thousands of miles away (in many cases) is pay back their loans.

Guess what? The concept works. Each of the loans my wife and I have made are currently being paid back - on time and on schedule. It truly is a miracle.

As each of us reflects back on 2007 and looks ahead to 2008, please consider the plight of those less fortunate then ourselves. I think Kiva is a great organization and one that you should consider donating to in New Year.

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December 25th, 2007 | This 'n That | Comment first »

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