Custom Theme Design – Using PHP/Tags to display multiple blog categories

[Ryan]

I want to customize my design. While I have figured how to do this, I can’t figure out how to display the blog post/categories that I want it to. For example, I would like 2 columns (which I know how to create) with HTML. The left column for the top 5 to 10 posts from my “news” category within my blog. In the right section, I would like to have a list of posts from 2 to 3 different categories from the same blog. For example, right column would have a category “Training” followed by 3 posts below it; then “Updates” followed by another 3 posts; and “Documents” followed by another 3 posts. Each category would need to display seperately in the right column. Is there PHP that I can use to accomplish this? Thanks in advance for your help.

[Stefano]

You should use the “get_posts” like in the regular theme, twice using different filter. The filters are document on the wordpress site with tons of options.

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