bryndog

stvwlf – Just want to say rthatks for puttin’ time in on this for me,
I kind of understand what you explained in your post and I implemented it online and got a syntax error on the last line of the code.
I reckon I have either too many ends or not enough, and I’m just not bright enough on this subject to work it out.
This is the syntax error I get :

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /ah…now/I’m/not_that/stupid/anymore/wp-content/themes/photest/index.php on line 63

Line 63 is the very last line calling for the footer.

…and here is the index page code changed to your suggestions as far as I can understand them.

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php $withcomments = 1 ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

	<!-- start content -->
	<div id="content">
		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
			<h1 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
			<p class="meta"><small>Posted on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by by <?php the_author() ?> <?php edit_post_link('Edit', ' | ', ''); ?></small></p>
			<div class="entry">
				<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
			</div>
			<p class="tags"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ' '); ?></p>
			<p class="links">
				Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?>
				&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;
				<?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' &nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; '); ?>
				<?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>
			</p><br />
				<div id="commentsbox"><?php comments_template(); ?><br /></div>
				<?php endwhile; ?>

		</div>
	</div>
	<!-- end content -->

<?php else : ?>

	<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
	<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
	<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("offset=10");
while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

<ul>
	<li id="recent-posts">
	<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
		<ul>
			<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
				<li>
					<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
					<?php the_excerpt() ?>
				</li>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
		</ul>
	</li>
</ul>

<div id="sidebarnew"><?php include("sidebarnew.php"); ?></div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I know theres a problem somewhere I just don’t know where – any chance you could point it out for me. Thanks so much for helpin’ me out, you’ve been a star – B