jbdev

Sorry I know this is a massiv pain but it is too late is there any way that this could be resolved in the short term, I can then do a fresh install and work from a child theme.

Thanks for the response, I now have the below but still no excerpt. All help greatfully received.

<div class="postcontent">
            <div class="postthumb">
            	<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>   <!--This shows the thumbnail in the post, always plase in the loop-->
            </div>
            <div class="postdetail">
            	<h2 class="posttitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
               	<span class="post_date"><?php the_time('j.m.Y') ?></span>
				<?php
   				if (function_exists('has_excerpt') && has_excerpt()) the_excerpt();
  				else the_content('More...');
				?>
                	<!--<div class="postmetabottom"> Use this div to add comments back in
					</div> -->
            </div>
		</div>

resolved with CSS

#sidebar .widget_extended-categories h2
{display:none;}

Spot on thanks. As always I was looking for the over complicated option.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for your help chinmoy29 I now the following code working

<?php if( is_front_page() ) { ?>					<!--This controls the small boxes div on the homepage-->
<div class="coverboxes">
<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=4&numberposts=2" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
     <?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
       <div class="post">

          <p class="post-info-home"><span class="coverbox_header"><?php the_title(); ?></span></p>
          <div class="post-title-home">
       </div>
       <div class="entry">
          <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
          <em><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>">Read more</a></em>
       </div>
     </div>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

This code does not show the image in the post is there any way of pulling this into the homepage above the excerpt. Help great;y appreciated

Progress

I now have the ‘latestnews’ categories showing only on the front page using the follwing,

<?php if( is_front_page() ) { ?>
<div class="latestnews">
<h1>Latest News</h1>
<ul class="latest-news">
<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>
    <li><span class="post-info"><?php the_title(); ?><br/><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
	<?php } ?>

I would like to show 3 lines of copy from each post, any ideas?

Ah progress

I have now have the relevant category showing on every page using the following

<h1>Latest News</h1>
<ul class="latest-news">
<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>

<li><span class="post-info"><?php the_title(); ?><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><a>"></a></li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>

2 questions
I would like to put this in a div and show the div only on the homepage how?
I would like to have 3 or 4 lines of each post showing as a teaser, how?

hmmm
Have added in the code and this is bringing up nothing, please can you show where i need to enter site specific information into the code.

Sorry very new to wordpress

sorry to be dense but how do I get this to show only on the home page if I insert in to page.php?