Display custom text after the 2nd post?

is this possible to do?

yes.take a variable $count. if $count == 2 then print your custom text.

My suggestion: Use 2 loops.

First loop will display 2 recent posts, then display your text, then use the next loop to display remaining posts.

can I get an example of this?

After 2nd post, display my content.

<?php
 $paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
 $count = 0;
 while(have_posts()): the_post();
  <!--[YOUR POST CODE HERE]--?>
 ++$count;
 if(($count == 2) && $paged== 1){
  echo "YOUR CUSTOME TEXT HERE.";
 }
 endwhile;
?>

What exactly do you mean by post code?

<h2><?php the_title();?> <p><?php the_content(); ?> etc. which already have. don’t change that. You just add the additional part.

ok, so say I wanted to say “HELLO WORLD” my thing would look like what?

<?php $paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; $count = 0; while(have_posts()): the_post(); <!--[YOUR POST CODE HERE]--?> ++$count; if(($count == 2) && $paged== 1){ echo "HELLO WORLD"; } endwhile; ?>

yes but replace this things <!–[YOUR POST CODE HERE]–?> with <h2><?php the_title();?></h2> <p><?php the_content(); ?></p> etc. according to your design. This type of code already have in your index.php file. don’t change that. You just add the additional part which i wrote.

<?php
<!– Additiona part start–>
$paged = get_query_var(‘paged’) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1;
$count = 0;
<!– Additiona part end–>
while(have_posts()): the_post();
<!–[YOUR POST CODE HERE]–?>

<!– Additiona part start–>
++$count;
if(($count == 2) && $paged== 1){
echo “YOUR CUSTOME TEXT HERE.”;
}
<!– Additiona part end–>
endwhile;
?>

how many will i need to add?

The title?
The content?
The date?

What else?

this will depend on your requirement tom. According to your design/requirement you will add.

Hope you will understand now.

Sorry chinmoy, I just get a little confused…so if this is my code, what do I need to add?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"></script>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/l_sidebar.php");?>

<div id="contentmiddle">

  <table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
      </table>
 <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>

	<span class="hpfeatured">

	<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true) ): ?>

	</span><span class="hpfeatured"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"></a> 

    <?php endif; ?>

	</span>

	<div class="contenttitle">

     <table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">

       <tr>

<?php if(in_category(array('News','Featured','Features','Indie Focus','Models','Music','Indie','Top 40')) ): ?>

<td width="154"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true); ?>" width="150" /></a></td>

<?php endif; ?>

          <td width="500">
    <?php if (function_exists('get_cat_icon')) get_cat_icon(); ?>
	    <font size="+1"><?php the_category(', ') ?></font>
	    <font color="black"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></font>

            <font color="white"><h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"></font>
        <?php the_title(); ?></h1>
          </a>

<link rel='stylesheet' id='podpress_frontend_styles-css' a href='/updates/wp-content/plugins/podpress/podpress.css?ver=3.0' type='text/css' media='all' />
<h4><?php the_excerpt();?></h4>
              <?php edit_post_link('Edit','',''); ?>

<center><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style">
    <a href="https://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a>
    <span class="addthis_separator"> </span>
    <a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_googlebuzz"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_email"></a>
    <span class="addthis_separator"> </span>
    <a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a>
</div></center>
       </td>
       </tr>

        <tr>

          <td colspan="2"><div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #000; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div></td>
        </tr>
      </table>

 </div>

	<div class="contenttitle"></div>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

</div>

<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>

</p>

<p>

  <?php endif; ?>

</p>

<div class="pmenu">

  <p><?php paged_menu(); ?>

  </p>

    <p align="center"><a href=" /updates/category/tv/"></a><br />

    </p>

</div>

</div>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/r_sidebar2.php");?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"></script>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/l_sidebar.php");?>

<div id="contentmiddle">

  <table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
      </table>
 <?php if (have_posts()) :
 $paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$count = 0;
while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>

	<span class="hpfeatured">

	<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true) ): ?>

	</span><span class="hpfeatured"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"></a> 

    <?php endif; ?>

	</span>

	<div class="contenttitle">

     <table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">

       <tr>

<?php if(in_category(array('News','Featured','Features','Indie Focus','Models','Music','Indie','Top 40')) ): ?>

<td width="154"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumbnail", true); ?>" width="150" /></a></td>

<?php endif; ?>

          <td width="500">
    <?php if (function_exists('get_cat_icon')) get_cat_icon(); ?>
	    <font size="+1"><?php the_category(', ') ?></font>
	    <font color="black"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></font>

            <font color="white"><h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"></font>
        <?php the_title(); ?></h1>
          </a>

<link rel='stylesheet' id='podpress_frontend_styles-css' a href='/updates/wp-content/plugins/podpress/podpress.css?ver=3.0' type='text/css' media='all' />
<h4><?php the_excerpt();?></h4>
              <?php edit_post_link('Edit','',''); ?>

<center><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style">
    <a href="https://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a>
    <span class="addthis_separator"> </span>
    <a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_googlebuzz"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_email"></a>
    <span class="addthis_separator"> </span>
    <a class="addthis_button_facebook_like"></a>
</div></center>
       </td>
       </tr>

        <tr>

          <td colspan="2"><div style="border-bottom:1px dotted #000; margin-bottom:10px; padding:0px 0px 10px 0px; clear:both;"></div></td>
        </tr>
        <!-- Additiona part start-->
<?php ++$count;
if(($count == 2) && $paged== 1){
   echo '<tr>

          <td colspan="2">YOUR CUSTOME TEXT HERE.</td>
        </tr>';
}
?>
<!-- Additiona part end-->

      </table>

 </div>

	<div class="contenttitle"></div>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

</div>

<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>

</p>

<p>

  <?php endif; ?>

</p>

<div class="pmenu">

  <p><?php paged_menu(); ?>

  </p>

    <p align="center"><a href=" /updates/category/tv/"></a><br />

    </p>

</div>

</div>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/r_sidebar2.php");?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

First keep a backup of your file

ohhhh, that’s cool!!!! Thank you!

Is it possible to display a category like that? Have a certain category with the last 5 posts from that category on the page?