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I use PingFix: http://betamode.de/wp-pingfix/#en

Edit the page and select the index template in the box that says “Page Template”.

I just had a look again, it could also be because there’s a paragraph tag before the img tag.

I just use get_posts. http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

Looks like you fixed it.

Look for the section that starts with <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> and ends with <?php endif; ?>. Replace that entire section with the following:

<?php
$lastposts = get_posts('numberposts=1&category=1');
foreach($lastposts as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<p class="meta"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?></p>
<div class="entry"><?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?></div>
<p class="info">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> <strong>|</strong> <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &raquo;', '1 Comment &raquo;', '% Comments &raquo;'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php
$lastposts = get_posts('numberposts=1&category=2');
foreach($lastposts as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<p class="meta"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?></p>
<div class="entry"><?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?></div>
<p class="info">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> <strong>|</strong> <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments &raquo;', '1 Comment &raquo;', '% Comments &raquo;'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Check on your Manage > Categories page that the ID of the categories is correct. You said 1 and 2, so I put 1 and 2. If the ID is actually something else, look for category=1 or category=2 in the above code and change the ID.

This plugin creates tree menus for your archives, pages and categories: http://www.silpstream.com/blog/wp-dtree/

I use this:

<ul>
<?php
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=10');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>