Editing Home Page

Hi all!

I run a gaming website, Terminal Gamer and I’m running on the Magazeen theme. I have edited it quite a bit, but I’ve run into a problem with the home page. What I would like to do is to display all my newest posts (latest 10 or 15 posts) as the first few appear on the page right now. In other words, I want the big posts to be the only thing on the front page. I don’t want the smaller posts further down or the links at the bottom of the page to even older articles i.e. “Rumor: Call of Duty 7 Coming in November; Set in Vietnam”.

Here’s my Main Index Template – what should I change to make it so that it only shows big posts.

Thanks!

Geoff

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

get_header(); ?>

	<div id="main-content" class="clearfix">

		<div class="container">

			<div class="col-580 left">

				<?php
					query_posts( 'showposts=8' );
					if (have_posts()) :
						while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $category = get_the_category();
				?>

				<div <?php post_class(); ?>>

					<div class="post-meta clearfix">

						<h3 class="post-title left"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

						<p class="post-info right">
							<span>By <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></span>
							<?php the_time( 'l F j, Y' ) ?>
						</p>

					</div><!-- End post-meta -->

					<div class="post-box">

						<div class="post-content">

							<div class="comment-count">
								<?php comments_popup_link(__( '0 Comments' ), __( '1 Comment' ), __( '% Comments' )); ?>
							</div>

							<?php if( get_post_meta( $post->ID, "image_value", true ) ) : ?>

							<div class="post-image">
								<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, "image_value", true ); ?>&w=521&h=246&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
							</div>

							<?php endif; ?>

							<div class="post-intro">

								<?php the_content( '' ); ?>

							</div><!-- End post-intro -->

						</div><!-- End post-content -->

						<div class="post-footer clearfix">

							<div class="continue-reading">
								<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#more-<?php the_ID(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Continue Reading <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
							</div>

							<div class="category-menu">

								<div class="category clearfix">
									<div><a href="#"><span class="indicator"></span> <?php echo $category[0]->cat_name; ?></a></div>
								</div>

								<div class="dropdown">

									<ul class="cat-posts">
										<?php
											$posted = get_posts( "category=" . $category[0]->cat_ID );
											if( $posted ) :
												foreach( $posted as $post ) : setup_postdata( $posted );
										?>
										<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><span><?php the_time( ' F j, Y' ) ?></span></li>
										<?php
												endforeach;
											endif;
										?>
										<li class="view-more"><a href="<?php echo get_category_link( $category[0]->cat_ID ); ?>" class="view-more">View More &raquo;</a></li>
									</ul>

								</div><!-- End dropdown -->

							</div><!-- End category -->

						</div><!-- End post-footer -->

					</div><!-- End post-box -->

				</div><!-- End post -->

				<?php
						endwhile;
					endif;
				?>

				<?php
					query_posts( 'showposts=20&offset=5' );
					if (have_posts()) : $counter = 0;
						while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $category = get_the_category();

						if( $counter % 2 == 0 )
							$end = "";
						else
							$end = "last";
				?>

				<div <?php post_class( 'single ' . $end ); ?>>

					<div class="post-meta clearfix">

						<h3 class="post-title left"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

					</div><!-- End post-meta -->

					<div class="post-box">

						<div class="post-content">

							<div class="comment-count">
								<?php comments_popup_link(__( '0 Comments' ), __( '1 Comment' ), __( '% Comments' )); ?>
							</div>

							<?php if( get_post_meta( $post->ID, "image_value", true ) ) : ?>

							<div class="post-image">
								<img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, "image_value", true ); ?>&w=235&h=109&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
							</div>

							<?php endif; ?>

							<div class="post-intro">

								<?php the_excerpt( '' ); ?>

							</div><!-- End post-intro -->

						</div><!-- End post-content -->

						<div class="post-footer clearfix">

							<div class="continue-reading">
								<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#more-<?php the_ID(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Continue Reading <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
							</div>

						</div><!-- End post-footer -->

					</div><!-- End post-box -->

				</div><!-- End post -->

				<?php
					// Clear the left float to allow for different heights
					if( $counter % 2 != 0 )
						echo'<div style="clear:left;"> </div>';
				?>

				<?php
						$counter++;
						endwhile;
					endif;
				?>
					<br />
				<?php
					query_posts( 'showposts=5&offset=15' );
					if (have_posts()) :
						while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $category = get_the_category();
				?>

				<div <?php post_class( ); ?>>

					<div class="post-meta clearfix">

						<h3 class="post-title-small left"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

						<p class="post-info right">
							<span>By <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></span>
							<?php the_time( 'l F j, Y' ) ?>
						</p>

					</div><!-- End post-meta -->

				</div><!-- End archive -->

				<?php
						endwhile;
					endif;
				?>

			</div><!-- End col-580 (Left Column) -->

			<div class="col-340 right">

				<ul id="sidebar">

					<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

				</ul><!-- End sidebar -->   

			</div><!-- End col-340 (Right Column) -->

		</div><!-- End container -->

	</div><!-- End main-content -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>