louisstephens

Ah.. That was a big mess up on my behalf.. Thanks vtxyzzy.. . I appreciate the help and your patience with me.

With your code

<div id="sidebar-left">
<?php $vids = new WP_Query(array('post_type' => array('post', 'vids')));
if ($vids->have_posts()) {
while ($vids->have_posts()) {
$vids->the_post();?>
<h1> <?php the_title(); ?></h1>
the_content();
}
}
?>
</div>

I noticed that the last closing ?> is not getting picked up. Well, in coda the color highlighting is not seeing it as a closing tag and wordpress is breaking again. I understand what you are saying though by having to encapsulate the_content(); in php tags.

Oh ok.. So correct me if I am wrong..

where you have “display whatever you want”, I could simply put <?php the_title(); ?>
?

I am pretty new to manipulating the post data.

Thanks for your help though! I installed 2.9.1 on my server and everything seems to be working now.. I wish I knew what was wrong with the original installs

O no.. I did two completly different installs of wordpress. Each with their own database.

Yeah, I tried switching themes and it does not seem to be theme specific. Once I tried to activate the theme (one of the default themes) the result of click activated was the white screen. Once I hit the back button it was back to the theme page with the theme activated.

And I did follow the instructions on the link you provided. I am just at a loss for what to do if this keeps happening after a fresh install.