tudorbob

Thanks for that I have tried that – I think my problem is I am trying to seperate one category to be displayed at the top of the page and it is out of the if have post tag – see code below. And for some reason it will not show content only excerpt.
<?php get_header(); ?>

<!-- content ................................. -->
<div id="content">
<?php if (is_home()) {query_posts("cat=-18"); }?>

<?php
$posts = get_posts('numberposts=2&offset=0&category=18');
foreach($posts as $post) :
?>
<div class="special"><h2>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2><?php the_content(); ?></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

<?php if (have_posts(x)) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php $custom_fields = get_post_custom(); //custom fields ?>

<?php if (isset($custom_fields["BX_post_type"]) && $custom_fields["BX_post_type"][0] == "mini") { ?>

<hr class="low" />

<div class="minientry">

<?php echo BX_remove_p($post->post_content); ?>

" class="permalink" title="Permalink"><?php the_time('M j, \'y') ?><!--, <?php the_time('h:ia') ?>-->
<!--<em class="author"><?php the_author() ?>-->
<?php edit_post_link('Edit','<span class="editlink">','</span>'); ?>

</div>

<hr class="low" />

<?php } else { ?>

<div class="entry">

<h2>" title="Permalink"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

<?php ($post->post_excerpt != "")? the_excerpt() : the_content(); ?>

<p class="info"><?php if ($post->post_excerpt != "") { ?>" class="more">Continue Reading<?php } ?>

</div>

<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->

<?php } ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<!-- this is ugly -->
<span class="next"><?php previous_posts_link('Next Posts') ?></span>
<span class="previous"><?php next_posts_link('Previous Posts') ?></span>

<?php else : ?>

<h2>Not Found</h2>
Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

<?php endif; ?>

</div> <!-- /content -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

great link nuclearmoose – was wondering where to find that kind of information.

thanks will try these.