Running the Loop outside of WordPress

Question

I have a static website and WordPress installed at mywebsite.com/blog.

I have a page on my external static website which displays a list of all posts [per the codex][1] using the following code

<div class="container" id="blog-home">     
<div class="col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12">
  <?php
  $args = array( 'numberposts' => 10,    'post_status'=>"publish",'post_type'=>"jobs",'orderby'=>"post_date");
  $postslist = get_posts( $args );
  foreach ($postslist as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
     <div class="post">
        <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
                <p><?php the_date(); ?></p>
                 <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
    </div>
  <?php endforeach; ?> 
</div>

I then have tried to create a page which can display a single post with

<?php
// Include WordPress
 define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
  require('/server/path/to/your/wordpress/site/htdocs/blog/wp-blog-header.php');
 query_posts('showposts=1');
?>

 <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12">

    <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
    <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    <p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="red">Read more...</a></p>
    <?php endwhile; ?>

</div>

The bit I'm missing is getting the Title on the first page (which lists all posts) to link to the right single post.

Basically I'm trying to avoid having to go to the wordpress blog at all but always running the loop outside of WordPress. Is this possible and could anyone help me fill in this gap!?

Cheers

Answer 1

You should rewrite the_permalink() function.

http://your_blog_addres/<?php the_slug(); ?>

should be what you are looking for.