// for WordPress JSON API Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/json-api/other_notes/
// shows WordPress content on how-to-articles-and-videos.html 

$.getJSON('http://www.woodyshalfpipe.com/blog/?cat=10&json=1&count=5', function(data) {

    var woodys_posts_content = "";
    var woody_posts = data.posts;
    var i = 1;
	
    jQuery.each(woody_posts, function(index, itemData) {        
        if(i < 4){
			var woody_post_title = itemData.title;
			var woody_post_exerpt = itemData.excerpt;
			var woodys_post_thumbnail = itemData.thumbnail;
			var woody_post_url = itemData.url;
			
			// build the post display
			woodys_posts_content += '<a href="' + woody_post_url + '"target="_blank">' + woody_post_title + '</a>';
			
			i++;
		}
        
      }); // each
    
    // add post content to page
    $("#upcoming-events-links").html(woodys_posts_content);
});