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Magazine-style multi-column front page


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Old Feb 27, 2013, 07:35 PM
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Magazine-style multi-column front page

Hi. I would like to create a wordpress site that works similar to this one, where the posts on the front page (the blog page) are laid out in a funky-style grid, rather than in a regular, vertical list:

http://www.resilience.org/

Can I do this using Atahualpa? And would it be efficient?

My guess is that if so, I would have to use Juggledad's multi-column template query thing. If so, before I start I'd like to know if this is worth my time. Or should I just find a theme that is already like the site above? I browsed the instructions for juggledad's query thing and it feels like a big learning curve. I'm willing to do it if this what it was meant to do, but if it will require a lot of tweaking beyond what juggledad's program was designed for, then maybe I'll use a different theme.

Can anyone answer my question?

Thanks!
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Old Feb 27, 2013, 10:47 PM
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You could "build" a page with widget areas and then populate them using plugins like "List Category Posts" or I believe there are plugins for building pages in various ways.
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Old Feb 27, 2013, 10:57 PM
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Two good ideas! Do you happen to know any plugins by name? Or should I search for "page builder" or something like that?
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Old Feb 27, 2013, 11:34 PM
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Or, conversely, how do I add widget areas to the loop and have this appear only on the home page? You can't even add widget areas to the loop anymore I thought?
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Old Feb 28, 2013, 04:13 AM
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how do I add widget areas to the loop and have this appear only on the home page?
currently, you need to add the new widget code to the index.php. You could surround it with a php IF to test for the home page or use a plugin like widget logic to control when it showed.
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Old Feb 28, 2013, 07:23 AM
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I was thinking of adding widget areas to a page using a plugin like Allow PHP in Posts and Pages.
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Old Feb 28, 2013, 08:39 AM
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Oh that looks like a very interesting plugin. But if I use it to add widget areas directly to a single page, will they appear in Appearance >> Widgets? (allowing me to actually put widgets inside of them)
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