wordpress_loopy_loop.php

<?php

/* Wordpress proof of concept - 
   Loop through posts in a particular category, outputting the first three latest as
   "Latest" pages/posts.
   Then use the rest as "archived" posts

   David Graham, November 2009.
*/

$ul = false;
$previous_month=0;
$counter = 0;

$category_id = 3; // whatever you want this to be!

$archive_posts = get_posts('numberposts=20&offset=0&category='.$category_id);


foreach ($archive_posts as $key=>$archive_post):

        $post_month = date("mY",strtotime($archive_post->post_date_gmt));

        if ($counter == 3 )
        {
                if ($ul == true)
                {       echo "</ul>";
                        $ul = false;
                }
                echo "<h2>Archive</h2>";
                $previous_month = 0;
        }

        if ($post_month != $previous_month)
        {
                if ($ul == true)
                {       echo "</ul>";
                        $ul = false;
                }
                echo "<h3>".date("M Y",strtotime($archive_post->post_date_gmt));
                echo "</h3>";
                echo "<ul>";
                $ul = true;
                $previous_month = $post_month;
        }

        echo "<li>" . $archive_post->title."</li>";
        $counter++;

endforeach;

if ($ul == true) echo "</ul>";

?>