Featured Post WP Query

wp-query

<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div id="slider_wrap">
    <div class="popular-post">
        <?php // ADD YOUR POPULAR POSTS SCRIPT HERE, OR OTHERWISE WIDGETIZE THIS SECTION ?>
    </div>
    
    <div id="slider">
        <div class="slides">
            <h1 class="mainSectionHeader">Featured</h1>
                <ul>
                    <?php
                        $featuredPosts = new WP_Query();
                        $featuredPosts->query(array('showposts' =>5, 'cat' =>8,'post_type' => array('post','events')));
                        for($i=1; $i<=$featuredPosts; $i++) { // second for() loop for post slides
                            while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : $featuredPosts->the_post(); // loop for posts
                        ?>
                        <li id="slide-<?php echo $i++; ?>" class="clearfix">
                
                            <div class="thumb clearfix">
                                <?php if (has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID )): ?>
                                    <?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'full' ); ?>
                                    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/thumbs.php?src=<?php echo $image[0]; ?>&w=150&h=150&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
                                <?php endif; ?>	
                            </div>
                            <div id="featuredPanelText">
                                <div class="postsnip">
                                    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo substr($post->post_title,0,30); // short title ?>...</a></h2>
                                    <?php the_excerpt(); ?> 
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </li>
                
                        <?php endwhile;
                        } // end for() loop number 2
                    ?>
                </ul>
        </div>
        <ul id="featuredPanelNav" class="slides-nav">
			<?php
                $featuredPosts = new WP_Query();
                $featuredPosts->query(array('showposts' =>5, 'cat' =>8,'post_type' => array('post','events')));
                for($i=1; $i<=$featuredPosts; $i++) { // start for() loop
                    while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : $featuredPosts->the_post(); // loop for posts titles
                ?>
                    <li class="on"><a href="#slide-<?php echo $i++; ?>"></a></li>
              
                <?php endwhile;
                } // end for() loop
            ?>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>