oops.. yeah, helps to hit the “save” button.
got it figured out.
if anyone else is wondering, find your index.php file and remove these lines…
<!– Begin Post –>
<div class=”leading”>
<div <?php post_class(); ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_title’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<!– Begin Title –>
<div class=”article-rel-wrapper”>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_title_link’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<h2 class=”contentheading”>
” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<?php } else { ?>
<h2 class=”contentheading”>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<!– End Title –>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_meta’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<!– Begin Meta –>
<div class=”article-info-surround”>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_author’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<!– Begin Author –>
<span class=”createdby”><?php _re(‘Written by’); ?> <?php the_author(); ?></span>
<!– End Author –>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_date’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<!– Begin Date & Time –>
<span class=”createdate”><?php the_time(‘l, d F Y’); ?> <?php the_time(‘H:i’); ?></span>
<!– End Date & Time –>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($option[‘blog_comments’] == ‘true’) { ?>
<!– Begin Date & Time –>
<span class=”commentcount”><?php comments_number(_r(‘No Comments’), _r(‘1 Comment’), _r(‘% Comments’)); ?></span>
<!– End Date & Time –>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<!– End Meta –>
<?php } ?>
<div class=”clr”></div>
</div>
</div>
<span class=”leading_separator”> </span>
<!– End Post –>