older posts in second column….

Hi guys, I;ve been trying to have my layout so that the newest post is featured in the main column, while the older posts are not shown on the index page. So basically, all you see in the main post column is one post.. I’ve managed to do this thanks to this bit of code https://justinblanton.com/2005/02/limit-number-of-posts-with-wordpress

but now I want the older posts to show in a second column next to the main one, is this possible? If so how do I do it?

I tried creating a div, and then wrapping each post in wordpress in that “column 2” div, which worked except that the meta data would remain in the original column.

any suggestions?

thanks –