Here is the code;

Firstly we call the extra .php file for this. You can apply this code where you want;

<?php if(is_home() !is_paged()): ?>
<?php // Featured posts go here.
include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/featured.php"); ?>
<?php endif;?>

That’s calling function and here is the page code;

Firstly create a featured.php and upload into wp-content/themes/your-theme/ .  Change category number with your featured content category number. Insert this code into file…

Code…

    <!-- start Featured -->
<?php query_posts("showposts=1&cat=6"); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="featured">
<div id="featured2">
<div id="featurediv">
<div class="epic">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Continue reading <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Thumbnail"); echo $values[0]; ?>" alt="Continue reading <?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
</div>
<div class="etext">
<div class="ehead">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Continue reading <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="entryinfo"><?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' |'); ?> Posted by <strong><?php the_author(); ?></strong> on <?php the_time('d M Y'); ?> under <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('0 Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="post">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearer"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?><!-- end Featured -->

That’s All!

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