Good day fellow Nairalanders,

I'm new to WordPress theme development and I'm having problems with my home.php template page.

I want to show the title, excerpt and a thumbnail of the featured image of the about page, two posts (title, Thumbnail and excerpt) from a category named events, and thumbnail images of post from a category named gallery on the home page. I've tried using the code below but still not working.

I've attached a screenshot of what I'm trying to achieve

Thanks

********************CODE**********************
<?php
query_posts('cat=2', 'posts_per_page=2');
if(have_posts()) while(have_posts()):the_post(); ?>

<div class="txt">
<div class="image">
<?php
$test = catch_that_image();
if(empty($test)) { ?><img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/images/default1.jpg'; ?>"/> <?php } else {?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri().'/lib/thumb.php'; ?>?src=<?php echo catch_that_image(); ?>&h=100&w=100&zc=1"/></a><?php } ?>

</div>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<p>
<?php the_content() ; ?>
</p>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
?>
********************CODE**********************

So nobody can help me?

First of all like i said always refer to the Wordpress Codex for anything but because you are fetch from multiple categories, you will need to make use of the Wp_Query Class, in the Function Reference the code is quite explanatory, to get a thumbnail there's a function called has_thumbnail and requires the post id or you can use wp_get attachment image src. also that code is totally wrong i have never seen a Wordpress function catch_that_image.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference

using a Page and having a Template About Us is more preferable.

pc guru: First of all like i said always refer to the Wordpress Codex for anything but because you are fetch from multiple categories, you will need to make use of the Wp_Query Class, in the Function Reference the code is quite explanatory, to get a thumbnail there's a function called has_thumbnail and requires the post id or you can use wp_get attachment image src. also that code is totally wrong i have never seen a Wordpress function catch_that_image.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference

Thanks for your reply. The catch_the_image is not a Wordpress function. Its a function I downloaded n added 2 my functions.php that gets the featured image of the post and makes it easy 4 me 2 specify the thumbnail size anytime I call d function.

I'll try using the WP_Query
But there's something I don't understand. If I create an about page template, how do I display it on the home? By including it?

by putting this in a PHP file:
<?php
/*
Template Name: RequestForm Page
*/
?>

The under the Page select template "RequestForm Page", my mail is okeowoaderemiATgmail.com, i can easily reply there. take care