WP 1.5 Integration Question

Okay, I’m no good with WordPress. Lets just get that out in the open. However, you would think after going through the whole integration for the last version in January, I would be able to handle simply upgrading half a year later. Not quite.

I already have layouts for my website. (https://www.pink-starr.com/wordpress) All I want to do, is use The Loop to put wordpress inside the page. However, the new version has new Loops, and I don’t exactly know how to use them.

Lets start with my old code:
<?php
/* Don't remove this line. */
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>
<?php include ("/home/stpink/public_html/skins/cookiecheck.php");?> <? include($headervar.$extension); ?>
<?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php endforeach; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<style type="css/text">
.meta {
font-size: .75em;
}
.meta li, ul.post-meta li {
display: inline;
}
.meta ul {
display: inline;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.meta, .meta a {
color: #808080;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 0;
}
</style>
<?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?>
<div class="post">
<h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="meta"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category() ?> a€?? <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(); ?></div>
<div class="storycontent">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<div class="feedback">
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>
</div>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
<?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-comments.php'); ?>
</div>
<?php endforeach; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<? include($footervar.$extension); ?>

It has the header, footer, cookie check needed for my layout, and the other things needed for wordpress. When used, it has a bit of a problem.

So I tried taking out the old loop and puttin in a new one. I would post those up here, but I tried just about every loop on the site about the loop, and none seemed to work. I don’t know which loop to use. And I’m not sure if I’m even taking out the right things and putting the new things in the right place? Ahh, it’s a disaster.

I told you I was no good at this. :-/

Thanks for any help. ??