component - display most recent blog post

on the front page of my pier site, i would like to automatically
display an abbreviated (say, 1000 characters) of the latest blog
story..

anyone have any idea on how i would do this? say, grab the newest
child of the blog component..

thanks!

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:16 AM, sergio_101 <[hidden email]> wrote:
> on the front page of my pier site, i would like to automatically
> display an abbreviated (say, 1000 characters) of the latest blog
> story..
>
> anyone have any idea on how i would do this? say, grab the newest
> child of the blog component..

there is already a component which shows you the first (maybe 100)
characters of the last (maybe 5) posts. I think it comes by default
with Pier-Blog and is also deployed in a typical Pier installation.

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Look at PRDistribution>>postTickerWidget



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> Look at PRDistribution>>postTickerWidget
>

this is the one i was using.. unfortunately, it just renders a
unformatted snippet of the article.. this is exactly what i need on
the sidebar, but on the front page, i would like to be able to include
a formatted view, with all subcomponents rendered also..
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sergio
photographer, journalist, visionary

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