Issue with Loop/Content not showing on Home Page

Hi –

I’m having some issues with my blog and suspect that it might be the php code in my loop. I’m running multiple loops to display recent articles and latest results.

I have specific widgets in my sidebar that are only supposed to show on the index page, but since modifying the theme, they will not display. Also, I tried adding a test conditional tag for display on the home page, but to no avail.

If someone could help me out, I would really appreciate it! Although I’ve been playing around with WordPress for several years, I’m very much a newbie when it comes to custom loops.

This is the code that I am currently using in my index file:

<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="page">

		<div id="contentleft">

<?php if ( $paged < 2 ) { // Do stuff specific to first page?>

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/features.php'); ?>

			<div id="content">

<h2 class="darkgreen">CONTENT</h2>
<div class="homep">
CONTENT
</div>

  <h2 class="black">FIRST LOOP SECTION</h2>
<div class="homep">
    <?php
    	$otherPosts = new WP_Query();
    	$otherPosts->query('showposts=3&cat=199');
    	while($otherPosts->have_posts()) : $otherPosts->the_post();
    ?>
<strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></strong><?php the_excerpt(); ?>

    <?php endwhile; ?></div>

<h2 class="lightgreen">SECOND LOOP SECTION</h2>
<div class="related">
    <?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
    <?php query_posts('category_name=wta-tennis&showposts=1'); ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, post_thumbnail)) { ?><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, post_thumbnail, true); ?>" class="post-thum" alt="post thumbnail" /></a>
<?php } ?><font size="+1"><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></strong></font><br /><br />
<?php the_excerpt(); ?><?php endwhile; ?>

        <strong>More Stories:</strong><br />
<?php $posts = get_posts('category=83&numberposts=15&offset=1');
    foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
        <ul><li><a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li></ul>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
  </div>

					<h2 class="lightgreen">CONTENT</h2>
				<div class="related">
CONTENT
</div>

<?php } else { // Do stuff specific to non-first page ?>

			<div id="content">

				<h2 class="sectionhead">Recent Articles</h2>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
if( $post->ID == $do_not_duplicate ) continue; update_post_caches($posts); ?>

				<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

					<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

<?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, post_thumbnail)) { ?>
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, post_thumbnail, true); ?>" class="post-thum" alt="post thumbnail" /></a>
<?php } ?>

					<div class="entry">
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

					</div>

				<div class="navigation">

					<div class="alignleft">
						<?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Entries') ?>
					</div>

					<div class="alignright">
						<?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries &raquo;') ?>
					</div>

                		</div>
				</div>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

<?php } ?>

			</div>

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/sidebar1.php"); ?>

		</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

	</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thanks! Feel free to let me know if you need any more information.