kindofaquirk

Ok, so I am still playing around with this. I found the php file that controls this aspect of the home page and pasted the code below. Would changing the code to display the full entry content solve this problem of the links formatting below the rest of the content? If yes, how do I write that?

</div> <!-- #container -->

   <?php
   // Recent update Widget for home page
   if( is_home() ||  is_front_page() ){
	   $cat_id  = get_cat_ID('Updates');
	    ?>
       <div class="recent-update home-widget">
            <div class="widget-heading"><a>">Recent Updates</a></div>
            <div class="widget-content">
            	<?php
					global $post;
					global $more;
					$more = 0;
					query_posts('category_name=updates&showposts=2');
					if( have_posts() ): while( have_posts() ):
						the_post();
						?>
                      <div class="recent-update-post">
                        <div class="post-thumbnail">
                        	<?php
								if( has_post_thumbnail() ){
									the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail');
								}
								else if( get_first_image() ){
								 	echo '<img src="'.get_first_image().'" style="width:90px; height:auto" />';
								}
							?>
                        </div>
                        <div class="post-excerpt">
                            <a>"><?php the_title() ?></a>
                            <div class="excerpt-content">
                            <?php
                         if( has_excerpt() ){
                                the_excerpt();
                            }
                            else if( strpos( $post->post_content, '<!--more-->' ) ){
                                the_content('More »');
                            }
                            else{
                                echo ttp_word_limit( $post->post_content );
                            }
                            ?>
                            </div>
                       </div>
                    </div>
                   <?php
					endwhile;
					endif;
					wp_reset_query();
				?>
            </div>
       </div>
   <?php
   	}
   ?>

   <div id="footer">

         <?php dynamic_sidebar('Footer Widget Area 1'); ?>
         <?php dynamic_sidebar('Footer Widget Area 2'); ?>
   </div><!-- #footer -->

</div><!-- #wrapper -->
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>

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Wow. I knew I had a long day, but dang.

Thank you!

I just put a dummy post up with the header image and when I click on what should be the image, it says it can’t be displayed because of errors. Thoughts on what these errors may be?

The default headers will show up (just chose one).

Are you asking if I’ve gone into the Editor and changed anything? If so, no. I’ve just been using the easy user interface options because I’m just getting my bearings with wordpress.

I’ll look at the link you sent about Child Themes. Thanks!