certifiedbmx

That did it! Thank you so much for your help, I was starting to loose the plot.

I did try the author first as it was a paid theme but he seemed quite puzzled by it.

Damian

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

		<?php $featured_id = -1; $featured = get_featured(1); ?>
    <?php if (!empty($featured)) : $post = $featured[0]; $featured_id = $post->ID; ?>
    <?php $category = get_the_category(); $category = $category[0]; ?>
        <span class="featured-tag">Featured Project</span>
        <a href="<?php echo $post->guid; ?>" title="<?php echo $post->post_title; ?>"><img src="<?php echo $post->featured_image; ?>" border="0" alt="<?php echo $post->post_title; ?>" class="featured" /></a>
        <div class="clear"></div>
        <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
        <p><?php echo truncate($post->post_content, '<!--more-->', '...'); ?></p>

        <div class="info">
          <span><?php the_time('n.j.y') ?></span>
          <a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category->cat_ID);?>" title="<?php echo $category->cat_name; ?>"><?php echo $category->cat_name; ?></a>
          <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments', 'last'); ?>
          <div class="right quote"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">Read More</a></div>
        </div>

        <div class="hr"><hr /></div>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <?php if ($post->ID == $featured_id) continue; ?>
    <?php $category = get_the_category(); $category = $category[0]; ?>
        <div class="post">
          <?php the_post_image(); ?>
          <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
          <p><?php echo truncate($post->post_content, 204, '...'); ?></p>
          <div class="info">
            <span><?php the_time('n.j.y') ?></span>
         		<a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category->cat_ID);?>" title="<?php echo $category->cat_name; ?>"><?php echo $category->cat_name; ?></a>
          	<?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments', 'last'); ?>
            <div class="right quote"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">Read More</a></div>
            <div class="clear"></div>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="hr"><hr /></div>
    <?php endwhile; ?>

    <?php paged_menu(); ?>
	<?php else : ?>
		<h1>Not Found</h1>
		<p>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
	<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Here is my index.php

Thanks for the above reply