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[Bryan C]

I’m using integrity homepage 1 if this matters…

1.) How do I add recent blog posts to the home page?
– I see the button in the post menu to add recent posts, but when I do it adds a huge feature image, and then only 1 of the most recent posts rather than 3 or 4 like I’d prefer.

2.) How do I pull the most recent portfolio items and show them on the homepage? Not seeing a shortcode for this.
-I’d also like these to link back to the portfolio item if that’s possible.

3.) Can I have a Twitter widget on the home page that pulls my most recent tweets? I don’t see a shortcode for that.

[Kory]

Bryan,

The generated shortcodes are just examples. Be sure to read the documentation thoroughly on what they do. I’m assuming for the count attribute on the [recent_posts] shortcode that you left it like so:

[recent_posts count="1, 2, 3, 4"]

This is just showing you that you can select 1, 2, 3, or 4. If you leave all of them you will get an error. Make sure you select the proper options for each attribute.

To link to the portfolio posts, this is again another attribute [recent_posts]. It looks like this:

[recent_posts type="portfolio"]

Again, remember that there are other attributes to fill out. I’m just isolating your examples. Your biggest help is going through the documentation as it will answer all these questions going forward.

Finally, X does not include a Twitter widget, mainly because the new Twitter API (v1.1) does not allow for passive gathering of information. Including Twitter feeds now requires additional setup on your part. There are plenty of plugins available out on the repository for free that handle this task.

Thanks!

[Bryan C]

Thanks. I missed the entire documentation section… I’ll go over that now. I watched all the videos and didn’t realize there was more.

[Kory]

Bryan,

No problem at all. Once v2.0.0 of the shortcode plugin comes out this week along with the Visual Composer integration, we can start to do video tutorials on the shortcodes as well (just FYI).

Thanks!

[Deepak]

This is great news! Can’t wait. Could you please include videos on Portfolio and how to group them using the animation as shown in your demos?

[Kory]

Hey Deepak,

We’re excited about these coming releases, too! 🙂

Regarding your inquiry, there are videos in the Video Tutorial section on how to use the Portfolio section of the Customizer, as well as documentation on how to use the Portfolio in general. We will definitely be working on videos for the Portfolio soon.

To add in portfolio posts with a fade effect, place the following snippet in your editor:

[recent_posts count="4" type="portfolio" orientation="horizontal" fade="true"]

Let us know if you need anything else!

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