DivMaster

thanks a lot that did the trick

query_posts(‘paged=’.$paged.’&orderby=rand&cat=-‘.$option[‘showcase_cat’].’,-‘.$option[‘newsflash_cat’].’,-‘.$option[‘feature_cat’].’,-‘.$option[‘footer_cat’]); ?>

🙂 thanks you <3

thx for your quick support, as i was looking in my data i used to have a theme for a client this one http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/eGallery/ , it also used same method of displaying posts on home page, i check the code and it is here

<!--Begind recent post (single)-->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>

<?php
// check for thumbnail
$thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail', $single = true);
// check for thumbnail class
$thumb_class = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail Class', $single = true);
// check for thumbnail alt text
$thumb_alt = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail Alt', $single = true);
?>
<div class="home-post-wrap">	

<div onclick="document.location='<?php the_permalink() ?>';" class="thumbnail-div" style="background-image: url(<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=<?php echo $thumb; ?>&h=159&w=190&zc=1);">
<div class="info">
<span class="info-titles"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title2('', '...', true, '18') ?></a></span>
<?php the_content_limit(140, ""); ?>
</div>
<img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/slider-button.png" alt="more info" class="info-button" />
</div>	

<div class="bar">
<div class="ratingbox">
<img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/delete.png" alt="delete" class="delete" />
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?>
</div>
<a href="#" class="rating" style="float: left;" title="Click here to rate this post"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/star.gif" alt="rate this post" style="border: none;" /></a>
<div class="comments-bubble"><?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '% '); ?></div>
<a href="#" class="rating" style="float: left; cursor: pointer; margin-left: 9px;" title="This Download was posted on: <?php the_time('m jS, Y') ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/date.gif" alt="date" style="border: none;" /></a>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" style="float: right;" title="Click here to Download: <?php the_title2('', '...', true, '30') ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/read-more.gif" style="border: none;" alt="read more" /></a>
</div>

</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<!--end recent post (single)-->

you think you can help me to give some advice or display a snippets 🙂

thx

<!– Begin Blog Post –>

<div <?php post_class(‘mc-wrapper’); ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<div class=”mc”>

<?php $thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘thumb’, TRUE); ?>
<?php if($thumb == ” && $option[‘catch_first_image’] == ‘true’) {

$thumb = catch_that_image();

if ($thumb != ”) { ?>

<div class=”mc-img”>
<img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo $thumb ?>&w=<?php echo $option[‘thumb_w’]; ?>&h=<?php echo $option[‘thumb_h’]; ?>&zc=1&q=<?php echo $option[‘timthumb_quality’]; ?>” alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
</div>

<?php } ?>

<?php } elseif ($thumb != ”) { ?>

<div class=”mc-img”>
<img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo $thumb ?>&w=<?php echo $option[‘thumb_w’]; ?>&h=<?php echo $option[‘thumb_h’]; ?>&zc=1&q=<?php echo $option[‘timthumb_quality’]; ?>” alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
</div>

<?php } ?>

<div class=”mc-text”>

<div class=”mc-subheader”>
<div class=”componentheading”>
<span>“><?php the_title(); ?></span>
</div>
</div>

<?php if($option[‘blog_post_meta’] == ‘true’) { ?>

<div class=”mc-header”>
<div class=”componentheading”>
<div class=”blog-post-info”>
<b><?php the_time(‘l, j F o’); ?></b> – <?php _re(‘Posted by’); ?> <?php the_author(); ?> <?php _re(‘in’); ?> <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<?php } ?>

<div class=”mc-content”>
<?php the_content(false); ?>
</div>

<?php if(preg_match(‘/<!–more(.*?)?–>/’, $post->post_content)) { ?>

<div class=”readon-wrap1″>
<div class=”readon1-l png”></div>
” class=”readon-main”><span class=”readon1-m png”><span class=”readon1-r png”><?php _re(‘More’); ?></span></span>
</div>

<?php } ?>

<div class=”clr”></div>

</div>
</div>
<div class=”roknewspager-div”> </div>
</div>

<!– End Blog Post –>`

this is the original code for displaying posts in one row, i need to know how i can make it work to display in multi rows and coulmns.

thx

here an example http://www.press75.com/demos/video-flick/demo.php