Link last inserted article in section 1 (our-rooms)

[Paolo Peri]

Hi team,
I’m looking for your help again.
I’m trying to link dinamically the last inserted article of a specific category in the first column of our-rooms section.
In particular I have a category for special offers and I’d like to put the link to the article and use its inner banner as the image to show in this section area:

[column_content type=”one_third”]
— inner banner here
— link to the last inserted article of category “Special offers” active on the page and on the text below
[:en]Special offers[:it]Offerte speciali[:de]Absatzförderung[:]
[/column_content]

Is it possible to link dinamically the last inserted article of a specific category in such a way?

I only have to thank you again for your previous help and for your kind attention.

Have a nice weekend.
Paolo.

[Sonnal S Sinha]

Hi,

Kindly show us your website URL so that we can assist further.

Regards,
Dave

[Paolo Peri]

Hi,
thank you so much for standing by me.
The site I’m composing is available at my test space http://www.2pdevelop.com/www.hotelmontanara.com/en/ waiting for the final porting.
I would like to link the last inserted article belonging to a particular category (in my case it is “Special offers”) in the first column of our-rooms section.
It’s really easy to link a particular article and change the picture with its inner banner, but I would like to get such a feature fully automatic: when my friend write a new special offer article, he’ll get it in that place without changing the html code.
I tried adding:
[area class=”hold-3box”][recentposts show=”1″][/area]
under the picture, but it has a very limited text wich I would like to extend at 6/7 lines to increase the height of the column. In such a way I could remove the picture and leave only the recent post. On the other hand, if the most recent post belongs to a category different from “Special offer”, it will be displayed as well.
I hope I’ve made myself clear.
Many thanks in advance: I will be lost without your support.
Have a nice evening,
Paolo.

[Paolo Peri]

Hi all!
I’m sorry to bring this matter up again, but I would like to find a solution.
Can I use two plugins like recent posts widget and display posts shortcode to show in the first column of our-rooms section area the latest active offer?
I supposed to use a code like the following:

[column_content type=”one_third”]
[display-posts posts_per_page=”1″ image_size=”thumbnail” include_excerpt=”true” category=”Special offers”]
[:en]Special offers[:it]Offerte speciali[:de]Absatzförderung[:]
[/column_content]

Is there a conflict between theme shortcode links and the plugin I suggested? Can I try without problems?
Many thanks for your foundamental support.
Have a nice day,
Paolo.

[Sonnal S Sinha]

Hi,

Yes, you can use 2 plugins.

Regards,
Dave

[Paolo Peri]

Hi Dave,
I would like to thank very much for your cooperation. I have completed my work.
Have a good day at work.
Paolo.

[Sonnal S Sinha]

🙂

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