// Worlds simplest index page

<?php
if (have_posts()) :
   while (have_posts()) :
      the_post();
      the_content();
   endwhile;
endif;
?>


//The Title

<?php the_title( $before, $after, $echo ); ?> 
 
//Example
 
<?php the_title('<h2>', '</h2>'); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>


//The Date

<?php the_date(); ?>

<?php echo human_time_diff(get_the_time('U'), current_time('timestamp')) . ' ago'; ?>


//Category

Published as <?php the_category(' &bull; '); ?> on the <?php the_date(); ?>

//Tags

<?php the_tags('Social tagging: ',' > '); ?>


//Demo

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title('<h2>', '</h2>'); ?></a>
	


	Published as <?php the_category(' &bull; '); ?> on the <?php the_date(); ?> <?php the_tags('Tags: ',' &bull; '); ?>

	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	
	Posted by  <?php the_author_link(); ?> <?php edit_post_link('Fix Me!'); ?>
	
	<?php the_shortlink(); ?>
	<?php the_shortlink(__('Shortlinkage FTW')); ?>
	
<hr />

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>



//<?php query_posts(); ?>

<?php query_posts('posts_per_page=5&cat=-1'); ?>



//WP_Query()

<h2>A random selection of my writing</h2>
	<ul>
		<?php $rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&orderby=rand'); ?>
		<?php foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
			<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
		<?php endforeach; ?>
	</ul>
	

//The Last of it all:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) :      the_post(); ?>

<?php the_title('<h2>', '</h2>'); ?>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php the_tags(); ?>

<?php the_category(', '); ?>

<?php the_date('M jS, Y'); ?>

or...

<?php echo human_time_diff(get_the_time('U'), current_time('timestamp')) . ' ago'; ?>

by

<?php the_author_link(); ?>


<?php edit_post_link('Fix Me!'); ?>

   <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   
   
   <h2>A random selection of my writing</h2>
	<ul>
		<?php $rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&orderby=rand'); ?>
		<?php foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
			<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
		<?php endforeach; ?>
	</ul>h