archives from 'Latest News' section will be based on specific post-ty…

…pes/taxonomy/terms defined in theme options. fixes part of #66.

home.php

@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@
 
 <?php else: ?>
 
-<h1 class="archive-title"><?php _e( 'Blog Archives', 'ar2' ) ?></h1>
-<div id="archive-posts">
-<?php ar2_render_posts( null, array ( 'type' => ar2_get_theme_option( 'archive_display' ) ), true ) ?>
-</div><!-- #archive-posts -->
+<?php
+// Retrieve latest news section and render the remaining.
+$news_section = $ar2_postviews->get_section( 'news-posts' );
+$news_section->settings[ 'title' ] = __( 'Blog Archives', 'ar2' );
+$news_section->settings[ 'type' ] = ar2_get_theme_option( 'archive_display' );
+$news_section->render();
+?>
 
 <?php endif; ?>
 

library/classes/postviews-section.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class AR2_PostViews_Section {
 	public $priority	= 10;
 	public $zone;
 
-	public $query;
+	protected $query;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.
@@ -88,17 +88,7 @@ public function flush_settings( $override = array() ) {
 			$this->settings = $args;
 
 		$this->priority = &$this->settings[ 'priority' ];
-
-		/*if ( is_array( $this->settings[ 'persistent' ] ) && !isset( $ar2_options[ 'sections' ][ $this->id ] ) ) {
-		
-			foreach( $this->settings[ 'persistent' ] as $id ) {
-				if ( isset( $this->settings[ $id ] ) )
-					$ar2_options[ 'sections' ][ $this->id ][ $id ] = $this->settings[ $id ];
-			}
-			
-			update_option( 'ar2_theme_options', $ar2_options );
-			
-		}*/
+
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -110,6 +100,19 @@ public function get_field_name( $name ) {
 		return apply_filters( $this->id . '_field_name', 'ar2_theme_options[sections][' . $this->id . '][' . $name . ']', $name );
 
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the WP_Query object used in this section.
+	 * @since 2.0
+	 */
+	public function get_query() {
+
+		if ( !is_a( $this->query, 'WP_Query' ) )
+			$this->prepare_query();
+
+		return $this->query;
+
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Parses WP_Query variables based on settings to be used in a new WP_Query object or overriden with an action hook.