Index: test/unit/section_drop_test.rb
===================================================================
--- test/unit/section_drop_test.rb	(revision 1907)
+++ test/unit/section_drop_test.rb	(working copy)
@@ -22,4 +22,16 @@
     assert Mephisto::Liquid::SectionDrop.new(sections(:home)).is_blog
     [:about, :cupcake_home, :cupcake_about].each { |s| assert Mephisto::Liquid::SectionDrop.new(sections(s)).is_paged }
   end
+
+  # need to adjust fixtures to test these properly.
+  def test_should_return_recent_articles
+    section = Mephisto::Liquid::SectionDrop.new(sections(:home))
+    assert section.recent_articles.size > 0
+    assert section.recent_articles.size <= sections(:home).articles_per_page
+  end
+
+  def test_should_return_all_articles
+    section = Mephisto::Liquid::SectionDrop.new(sections(:home))
+    assert section.articles.size > 0
+  end
 end
Index: lib/mephisto/liquid/section_drop.rb
===================================================================
--- lib/mephisto/liquid/section_drop.rb	(revision 1907)
+++ lib/mephisto/liquid/section_drop.rb	(working copy)
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
       def is_home
         @source.home?
       end
+
+      def recent_articles
+        @recent_articles ||= @source.articles.find_by_date(
+                               :include => [:user],
+                               :limit   =>  @source.articles_per_page,
+                               :offset  =>  0 ).collect(&:to_liquid)
+      end
+
+      def articles
+        @article ||= @source.articles.find_by_date( :include => [:user] ).collect(&:to_liquid)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
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