gistfile1.txt

<?php
/*
Template Name: Front Page
.
Take a look at the functions.php for this theme to see how the random content is included.
.
*/
?>
<?php get_header() ?>
<div id="container" class="feature">
    <div id="content">
        <div id="sub-feature">

            <div id="front-block-1" class="front-block block">
            <?php if ( function_exists('wp_tag_cloud') ) : ?>
                <ol>
                <h3>Popular Tags</h3>
                <ul>
                <?php wp_tag_cloud('smallest=8&largest=20'); ?>
                </ul>
                </ol>
            <?php endif; ?>
            </div><!-- #front-block-1.front-block .block-->

            <div id="front-block-2" class="front-block block">

            <?php
            // display one post, most recent single post, ignores sticky posts
            // http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query
            $my_query = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type=post', 'posts_per_page' => 1, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 ) );
                echo '<ul class="featured-posts">';
                    while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();?>
                        <li>
                        <?php
                            $posttitle = '<h3><a href="';
                            $posttitle .= get_permalink();
                            $posttitle .= '" title="';
                            $posttitle .= the_title_attribute('echo=0');
                            $posttitle .= '" rel="bookmark">';
                            $posttitle .= get_the_title();
                            $posttitle .= "</a></h3>\n";
                            echo $posttitle;

                            if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a><?php
                            }
                            else { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute('echo=0'); ?>"><img height="120" width="210" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/testimage.png" /></a><?php
                            }

                            the_excerpt();
                            echo '<a href="'. get_permalink() . '">' .__('View &raquo;', 'thematic') . '</a>';
                            ?>
                        </li>
                    <?php
                    endwhile;
                echo '</ul>';
            ?>


            </div><!-- #front-block-2 .front-block .block-->

        </div><!-- #sub-feature -->
    </div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #container .feature -->


<?php get_footer() ?>