Widget to display one particular thread, post or article

[attroll]

I have search the forums for a long time and I cannot find the answer to this questions.

I want to create a widget to display one particular thread or post and no others. I have tried many thing trying to get this to work with no success at all. Is this possible and if so can someone point me in the right direction, please.

[Lynne]

How about a basic html widget and just post the link to the thread/post?

[attroll]

Originally Posted by Lynne

How about a basic html widget and just post the link to the thread/post?

What I want to do is have one particular post display on the front page of the CMS all the time.
Before you say it, I know I could make a HTML file do that but I want it to be a post that can be edited by a person (because the info changes) without giving them admin access. If I have it pull the post in then they can edit it when need be.
I hope that makes sense.

[Lynne]

Then you will need to write a query to grab that particular post and spit it out in the widget. Have you tried to write that query? How far have you gotten in writing this widget?

[attroll]

I have not event started writing the widget yet. I was hoping it would be something easy. I have never messed with writing queries. I was hoping if I knew the post number that I could just somehow stick that post number into the widget in some easy manner.