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How to use random selection for slideshow, featured posts, etc.
  • rubinsandwichrubinsandwich
    Member
    I've seen this post in the Arras 1.X forum:

    http://forums.arrastheme.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/29796#Comment_29796

    However, the layout and function names appear to be different in the AR2 theme. Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to show random posts in certain sections on the home page? Specifically I'm looking to randomize the slide show and featured posts #2.

    Thanks!
  • rubinsandwichrubinsandwich
    Member
    Really, no one has an idea how to do this?

    I've dug deep into the weeds of many of the function files, but it appears that it generates details for the different nodes from variables created from somewhere.

    The old system had individual code for each node, so you could just modify a few lines (i.e. 'order by') in the "featured posts" or "slideshow" section. As far as I can tell, they are now all done with the same code that pulls data from somewhere in the database.

    I'm not trying to get someone to completely solve my problem for me, just point me in the right direction and I'll do some of the heavy lifting.

    Thanks.
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