Ok, so i’m not so smart… it looks to me that the code already uses “content” rather than “excerpt”
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="featured">
<div class="featured-content">
<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<div class="post-meta">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#more-<?php the_ID(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Read More of <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" class="btn btn-orange">Read More</a> <?php comments_popup_link('0 Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | Posted by <span class="orange weight-normal"><?php the_author_link(); ?></span>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="left-content">
<?php
// Fixes for post offset
add_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit');
global $myOffset;
$myOffset = 1;
$temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query('offset=1'.'&paged='.$paged);
while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
?>
<div class="post">
<div class="post-date"><span class="month block"><?php the_time('M'); ?> </span><span class="day"><?php the_time('d'); ?> </span></div>
<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
<?php the_content(''); ?>
<div class="post-meta">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#more-<?php the_ID(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Read More of <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" class="btn btn-<?php echo $style; ?>">Read More</a> <?php comments_popup_link('0 Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> | Posted by <span class="<?php echo $style; ?> weight-normal"><?php the_author_link(); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="clearfix pagination bluegray">
<?php next_posts_link('Previous Page') ?> <span class="extralarge"><?php echo $paged; ?> of <?php echo total_pages(); ?></span> <?php previous_posts_link('Next Page') ?>
</div>
<?php /* Fixes for post offset */ $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp; remove_filter('post_limits', 'my_post_limit'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div id="right-col">
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div></div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
am i not seeing something?