Regards,

Dallin

I have added the reuire wp blog header function and used the code within the page to display results. I do not get any errors – however the fact is that i get nothing?

The site uses smarty – anyone any ideas what the problem could be?

Hope it works for you.

Dave Nalle, please double-check your changes. The code published here is the same I used in my current sidebar.

Minea Adrian, let me know what type of CMS you are using.

MK, Sure, you can use random posts based on specific month. Replace this line:

< ?php $posts = get_posts('orderby=rand&numberposts=3'); foreach($posts as $post) {
 // ...
}
?>

…with:

< ?php
$posts = get_posts('monthnum=8&orderby=rand&numberposts=3'); foreach($posts as $post) {
 // ...
}
?>

Just we added monthnum=8 parameter. This parameter returns posts dated August regardless of the year posted.

If you want to display posts published in July, 2009 randomly, you need to expand your code like this:

< ?php
$posts = get_posts('year=2009&monthnum=7&orderby=rand&numberposts=3'); foreach($posts as $post) {
 // ...
}
?>

The above code will return 3 random posts published in July, 2009.

If you want to make your site more dynamic (e.g. if you want to display random posts from the current month and year), use the code below instead.

< ?php
$current_time = getdate();
$posts = get_posts('year=' .$current_time["year"] .'&monthnum=' .$current_time["mon"] . '&orderby=rand&numberposts=3'); foreach($posts as $post) {
 // ...
}
?>

The above code displays 3 random posts published in the current month and year (e.g. as the time of writing August, 2009).

Good luck.