Modifying Equilibrium Theme to add more featured posts

Hi,

I recently installed the Equilibrium theme and am trying to modifying the index php file so I can display 6 featured entries on my homepage instead of 3. I deleted the latest posts section and the sidebar to make room for this, but when I modify the php code specific to the featured entries section, they either display as 3 rows of 2 entries (whereas I’m trying to get 2 rows of three entries) or the bottom row overlaps. Any help with this would be so much appreciated!

my site is:

noah-kaplan.com

and the index file looks like:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”featured”>
<h2>Current Projects</h2>
<!– Edit Below –>
<?php query_posts(‘cat=ID&showposts=2’); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”front-post”>
<div class=”featured-post”>
<div class=”featured-title”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
</div>
<div class=”featured-image”>
<?php image_attachment(‘image’, 303, 231); ?>
</div>
</div> <!– END Featured-post –>
<div class=”postMeta-featured”><span class=”date”><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’) ?></span><span class=”comments”><?php comments_popup_link(‘0’, ‘1’, ‘%’); ?></span></div> <div class=”clear”></div>
<div class=”featured-content”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p class=”moretext”>“>Continue…</p>
</div> <!– END Featured-Content –>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!– Edit Below 2 –>
<?php query_posts(‘cat=ID&showposts=1&offset=2’); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”front-post-last”> <!– Featured-Last –>
<div class=”featured-post”>
<div class=”featured-title”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?>
</h2>
</div>
<div class=”featured-image”>
<?php image_attachment(‘image’, 303, 231); ?>
</div>
</div> <!– END Featured-post –>
<div class=”postMeta-featured”><span class=”date”><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’) ?></span><span class=”comments”><?php comments_popup_link(‘0’, ‘1’, ‘%’); ?></span></div> <div class=”clear”></div>
<div class=”featured-content”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<p class=”moretext”>“>Continue…</p>
</div> <!– END Featured-Content –>

</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>
<div class=”clear”></div>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<div class=”clear”></div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

And the stylesheet looks like:

/*
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Theme Name:Equilibrium
Theme URI:https://madebyon.com
Description:Magazine style WordPress theme. Visit https://equilibrium.madebyon.com for more infomation.
Version:1.4
Author:Tudinh Duong
Author URI:https://madebyon.com
————————————————————————
*/
/*
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RESET
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*/
*, html, body, div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, label, fieldset, input, p, blockquote, th, td{margin:0; padding:0}
table{border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0}
fieldset, img{border:0}
address, caption, cite, code, dfn, em, strong, th, var{font-style:normal; font-weight:normal}
ol, ul, li{list-style:none}
caption, th{text-align:left}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6{font-size:100%; font-weight:normal}
q:before, q:after{content:”}

strong{font-weight:bold}
em{font-style:italic}
a img{border:none}

h1, h2, h3, h5, h5, h6{font-weight:bold}

/*
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LAYOUT
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*/
.aligncenter{display:block; margin:0 auto}
.alignleft{float:left}
.alignright{float:right}
.floatLeft{float:left}
.floatRight{float:right}
.clear{clear:both}

/*
—————————————–
STRUCTURE
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*/
html, body{height:100%}

body{font-size:62.5%; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:#222; margin:0 auto -80px; text-align:center}

#page-wrap{width:960px; min-height:100%; height:auto !important; height:100%; margin:0 auto -80px; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; text-align:left}

.content{width:680px; float:left}

/*
—————————————–
TYPOGRAPHY
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*/
p{color:#222; font-size:1.2em; line-height:1.5; margin-top:1.5em; margin-bottom:1.5em; text-align:justify}

p a, p a:visited{border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; color:#0B96D0; text-decoration:none}

p a:hover{border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; color:#000; text-decoration:none}

h1, strong{font-size:1.4em; font-weight:bold}

.post h2{text-transform:none; padding-bottom:0; border-bottom:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0}

h4, h2{font-size:1.8em; color:#222; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:4px; border-bottom:4px solid #c9c9c9; margin-top:28px; margin-bottom:28px; font-weight:bold}

h3{border-bottom:4px solid #C9C9C9; color:#222; font-size:2.2em; font-weight:bold; margin-top:23.3px; padding-bottom:4px}

h3 a{text-decoration:none; color:#222}

.post ul li,
.post ol li{font-size:1.2em; list-style-type:square; margin:5px 0 5px 15px}

#reply{border-bottom:4px solid #C9C9C9; color:#222; font-size:1.8em; margin-top:28px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-bottom:4px}

/*
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TOP
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*/
#top{margin-top:55px; padding-bottom:70px}

h1.logo a{float:left; font-size:2.6em; font-weight:bold; color:#000; text-transform:uppercase; text-decoration:none}

#nav{float:right; margin-top:1.2em}

#nav ul{list-style-type:none; width:100%}

#nav li{display:block; display:inline}

#nav a:link,
#nav a:visited{padding:5px; display:block; color:#353434; margin-right:10px; float:left; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.4em; font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase}

#nav a:hover{color:#fff; background:#000}

ul#nav li.current_page_item a:link,
ul#nav li.current_page_item a:visited,
ul#nav li.current_page_item a:hover,
ul#nav li.current_page_item a:active{color:#fff; text-decoration:none; background:#000}

/*
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FEATURED
—————————————–
*/
.front-post{width:303px; margin-right:25px; float:left}

.front-post-last{width:303px; float:left}

.featured-content{position:relative; width:303px}

.featured-content p{margin-top:1em}

.featured-post{position:relative; width:303px; height:231px; margin-bottom:1.2em}

.featured-title h2{margin:8px 10px 7px; line-height:1.4em; font-size:1.1em; text-transform:none; padding-bottom:0; border-bottom:0}

.featured-title h2 a{font-size:1.1em; display:block; color:#0B96D0; text-decoration:none; border-bottom:0}

.featured-title h2 a:hover{color:#fff}

.featured-title{background:#000; display:block; z-index:101; width:100%; bottom:0; filter:alpha(opacity=80); -moz-opacity:.80; opacity:.80; position:absolute; z-index:2}

.featured-image{position:absolute; z-index:1}

.featured-content h2{margin-top:15px}
.featured-content h2 a{color:#0b96d0; text-decoration:none}
.featured-content h2 a:hover{color:#000}

/*
—————————————–
SIDEBAR
—————————————–
*/
#sidebar{float:right; width:260px; padding-left:20px; overflow:hidden}

#sidebar li a{display:block; width:260px; margin:0; padding:8px 2px; list-style:none; border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; font-size:1.4em; list-style-type:none; text-decoration:none; color:#222}

#sidebar a{color:#e6e6e6; text-decoration:none}

#sidebar a:hover{color:#fff; background-color:#282828}

#sidebar h2{font-size:1.8em; color:#222; text-align:right; text-transform:uppercase; border-bottom:4px solid #c9c9c9; margin-top:28px; margin-bottom:0}

/*
—————————————–
LATEST
—————————————–
*/
#front-bottom{margin-top:36px}

#latest-wrap{float:left; width:680px}

.latest-post-wrap{float:left; width:162px; margin-right:8px}

.latest-post{position:relative; width:162px; height:118px}

.latest-image{position:absolute; z-index:1}

.latest-title h2{margin:8px 10px 7px; line-height:1.4em; font-size:1em; text-transform:none; padding-bottom:0; border-bottom:0}

.latest-title h2 a{display:block; color:#0B96D0; text-decoration:none}

.latest-title h2 a:hover{color:#fff}

.latest-title{background:#000; display:block; z-index:101; width:100%; bottom:0; filter:alpha(opacity=80); -moz-opacity:.80; opacity:.80; position:absolute; z-index:2}

.latest-content{position:relative; width:162px; height:200px; margin-bottom:20px}

.latest-content h2{margin-top:15px}
.latest-content h2 a{color:#0b96d0; text-decoration:none}
.latest-content h2 a:hover{color:#000}

.latest-content p{color:#222; font-size:1.2em; line-height:1.5; margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:1.5em; text-align:left}

/*
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FOOTER
—————————————–
*/
#push{height:80px}

#footer{padding-top:20px; border-top:1px solid #C9C9C9; width:960px; margin:150px auto 0; height:80px; color:#4d4d4d}

#footer p{font-size:1.2em; color:#4d4d4d; line-height:1.5em; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:0.6em}

#footer p a{border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; color:#4d4d4d; text-decoration:none}

#footer p a:hover{border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; color:#0b96d0; text-decoration:none}

/*
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POSTMETA
—————————————–
*/
.postMeta{font-size:1.2em; margin-bottom:18px; margin-top:8px; padding-bottom:24px; border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9}

.postMeta-featured{margin-top:8px; font-size:1.2em; width:303px}

.postMeta-front{margin-top:8px; font-size:1.2em}

.postMeta-post{font-size:1.2em; margin-bottom:18px; margin-top:8px; border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; padding-bottom:10px}

.postMeta span.date,
.postMeta-post span.date,
.postMeta-featured span.date,
.postMeta-front span.date{color:#8a8a8a; float:left}

.postMeta span.comments a,
.postMeta span.date a,
.postMeta-post span.comments a,
.postMeta-post span.date a,
.postMeta-featured span.comments a,
.postMeta-featured span.date a,
.postMeta-front span.comments a,
.postMeta-front span.date a{float:left; color:#8a8a8a; text-decoration:none}

.postMeta span.comments,
.postMeta-featured span.comments,
.postMeta-post span.comments,
.postMeta-front span.comments{float:right; background:#FFF url(images/comment.gif) no-repeat left center; padding-left:15px; margin-left:2px}

/*
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POSTS
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*/
.post-category{color:#8a8a8a; float:left; margin-bottom:8px}

.post-tags{color:#8a8a8a; float:right}

.post-category p,
.post-tags p{color:#8A8A8A; font-size:1em; line-height:1.5em; margin-bottom:0em; margin-top:0em; text-align:none}
.post img{margin:0.5em 1em;}
.post blockquote p{margin:0 2.6em; font-style:italic}

/*
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COMMENTS
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*/
.comment-heading{margin-bottom:26px; text-transform:none; border:none}

.commentwrap{border-top:3px solid #C9C9C9; padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:15px}

.commentpost{float:right; width:510px}

.commentpost p{margin-top:0}

.commentmetadata{float:left; width:20%; color:#2F2B23; line-height:1.5em; padding-right:20px; color:#999; font-size:1.1em}

.commentmetadata li{list-style-type:none; padding:.3em; margin:0 .5em 0 0}

.commentmetadata li a{border-bottom:1px solid #c9c9c9; color:#0B96D0; text-decoration:none}

.warning{padding:10px; background:#282828; border:1px solid #323232; ; margin-bottom:10px}

#comments label input{border:1px solid #E5E5E5; padding:5px 4px; margin-bottom:10px; width:160px}

#comments label span{line-height:27px}

#comments label{font-family:”Lucida Sans Unicode”; font-size:1.1em}

#comment_author{margin:20px 20px 20px 0px; padding:0px; width:150px; float:left}

#comments-content{display:block; border-bottom:1px solid #C9C9C9; margin:10px 0px 10px 0px; padding:0px}

#comments textarea{margin-top:10px; padding:4px 0px; width:100%; border:1px solid #E5E5E5}

.button{border:1px solid #E5E5E5; font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold; height:25px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0 8px; text-transform:uppercase}

.children {margin-left: 50px}

.children div {border:none}

.children .commentwrap {border-top: 1px solid #C9C9C9;}

.children .commentmetadata {padding-right:0px}

.children .commentpost {text-align:left; float:right; width:78%}

/*
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SEARCH
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*/
#searchform{float:left; margin-top:1em; height:2.3em}

#searchsubmit{border:1px solid #E5E5E5; font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold; height:2.1em; padding:2px 8px; text-transform:uppercase; float:right; background-color:#F0F0F0}

#s{float:left; width:204px; margin-right:6px; padding-top:4px; padding-bottom:4px; padding-left:2px; padding-right:2px; border:1px solid #E5E5E5; font-size:1.1em}

Thanks again!