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sharon
We've set up MT as a feature for our online community to air their voices....

We've around 15 different blogs but I want to knock up a generic front page that takes the full entry from the latest blog updated and "headlines" ie the titles and links to the articles of the last 20 total entries from the blogs...

whats the best way to do this?
has anyone done it (i assume someone must have)
stepan
Install the GlobalListings plugin, and you can use MTGlobalEntries instead of MTEntries, to look at entries in all the blogs. I.e.
CODE
<!-- Most recent entry -->
<MTGlobalEntries lastn="1">
<h3><MTEntryTitle></h3>
<MTEntryBody>
<MTEntryMore>
</MTGlobalEntries>

<!-- Next most recent entries -->
<MTGlobalEntries lastn="20" offset="1">
<a href="<MTEntryPermalink>"><MTEntryTitle></a><br />
</MTGlobalEntries>

Make sure you read the note about including the index template in all the blogs that are going to update it (or rebuilt it automatically using a cron job).
sharon
Thanks.... looks complicated enuff...
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