lucrezia_borgia

ok, guys. been a while and i figured it out recently. maybe just in case someone will need it, the code is:

<ul class="block1">

	<?php $posts = get_posts ("numberposts=1"); ?>
	<?php if ($posts) : ?>
	<?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata ($post); ?>

		<li><h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" <?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
  the_post_thumbnail();
}
?></a></h2></li>

	<?php endforeach; ?>
	<?php endif; ?>

</ul>

<ul class="block2">

	<?php $posts = get_posts ("numberposts=1&offset=1"); ?>
	<?php if ($posts) : ?>
	<?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata ($post); ?>

		<li><h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" <?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
  the_post_thumbnail();
}
?>
</a></h2></li>

	<?php endforeach; ?>
	<?php endif; ?>

</ul>

and so on and so forth.
where: numberposts=1 tells to display (1) post in a block

offset=1 tells to omit previous (1) post

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
the_post_thumbnail();
}
?>
allows you to use thumbnail instead of content and stuff…
css is styled to your preferences
🙂

basically, it would be easier to visualise if you imagine a table in which each cell is a post, right? and my homepage image will take 4 cells (two upper and two lower) somewhere in the center of this table. and i dont want it to cover my posts, that is why i thought knowing ids of posts would help me to situate them wherever i want them to be altogether with homepage image.
though i understood what you mean and am really thankful 🙂