Not showing single post content

I use:

<!--- middle (posts) column content begin -->
<?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<div class=&quot;post&quot;>
<?php require('post.php'); ?>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
</div>
<?php endforeach; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<p align=&quot;center&quot;><?php posts_nav_link() ?></p>
<!--- middle (main content) column content end -->


post.php contains:

<p class=&quot;post-date&quot;><?php the_time('D j M Y'); ?></p>
<div class=&quot;post-info&quot;><h2 class=&quot;post-title&quot;><a href=&quot;<?php the_permalink() ?>&quot; rel=&quot;bookmark&quot; title=&quot;Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>&quot;><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
Posted by <?php the_author(); ?> under <?php the_category(' , '); ?><?php edit_post_link('(edit this)'); ?><br/><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '[%] Comments'); ?>&nbsp;</div>
<div class="post-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<div class="post-info">
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
</div>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
<div class="post-footer">&nbsp;</div>
</div>


Does it work if you drop in the single.php from the default theme? I see that wp.php?p=611 will show the full post. Good luck tracking down the error, nothing jumps out at me in what you posted.

Thank you both for your help. I have discovered if I remove:

<?php query_posts('cat=-18&showposts=1') ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

and

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.

<?php endif; ?>

It actually shows something! But, it shows the entry “Democrat food sales tax ‘solution’ creates trouble” regardless of the page you are on. Any ideas?

Update: I added a new entry and discovered that it is showing the content of the third entry in the single post page regardless of the page I am on.

It works well, when you clcik the posts’ title in the “normal” display of the posts – not the one at the top.
I assume you are using some kind of query_posts thing to display the lead post at the top, and I also assume you don’t want it to be displayed once again below.
Try to follow this thread and the solution that was offered there:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/28203#post-193667

Thanks Moshu for taking the time to help. While this will help the index page, my problem is single.php does not show the correct content. While the <title> tag is correct, it does not show the right entry in the post. As far as I can tell, it is always offset by 3 — which is really weird.

That’s why I posted the above link. I assume your Loop and/or the query_posts combination is wrong.

That is not what I see. It appears you have queried the database to select a particular post as moshu stated and need to do a second separate query.

Edit: As moshu said twice ??

Let’s Go… Mountaineers!

Thanks for your help and patience…I’m beginning to understand! ?? The problem lies in the script that is in header.php (I’ve removed it for now off the site):

<?php query_posts('cat=-18&showposts=3') ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><strong>(<?php the_time('M. d'); ?>)</strong> <?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.
<?php endif; ?>

Now to figure what is wrong…

What you seemingly want it is very easy to achieve using the Loop posted by Kafkaesqui in the thread I’ve linked above.
Nothing in the header, no complications.
Use a very, very simple single.php file.

If I understand well, this is what you want:
– to have an index/home page displaying 1 post from the “announcement” category at the top, with different style;
– below that several “latest posts” but – presumably – without the post already shown at the top
– and the rest of the blog should behave regularly: display category, montly archives, display single post with comments etc.
Or did I misunderstand something?

No, you have guessed correctly. With your and Beel’s help I have solved it! Thanks so much for your assistance!

Good! Glad it worked.
Hm. Looking at the site I’d say it’s “almost” done. I wouldn’t want the Under construction post to be repeated in the second loop.
This is what I’ve asked here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/28203#post-193684
and thanks to the PHP gurus got an answer…