Index page as home page

Try:

<?php
 $postslist = get_posts('numberposts=5&order=DESC&orderby=date');
 foreach ($postslist as $post) :
    setup_postdata($post);
 ?>
 <div>
 <?php the_date(); ?>
 <br />
 <?php the_title(); ?>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 </div>
 <?php endforeach; ?>

Sorry for being so ignorant, but in which fils should I copy this? Index file, css?

OK, I found out, but now for some reason in the top right corner of my fronpage shows the title and an excerpt of the lates posts. I dont want it to be there – how can I remove it?

Looks like you have some code to add these at the bottom of index.php.

Thanks, this is most helpful, but I’m so embarrassed, because when I removed the last bit in the index, the whole right hand side bar disappeard on the front page. I must have removed too much. this is the last part of my index file now

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(__(‘« Older Entries’, ‘minimalism’)) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(__(‘Newer Entries »’, ‘minimalism’)) ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class=”center”><?php _e(‘Not Found’, ‘minimalism’); ?></h2>
<p class=”center”><?php _e(‘Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.’, ‘minimalism’); ?></p>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . “/searchform.php”); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

Esmi, can you help once again, I really apreciate it.

It’s almost impossible to work out what should be there in any individual theme but you could try adding <?php get_sidebar();?> after that last </div>.

So sorry, but it did not work. The side bar is however visble at other pages/posts.

Well, the content of the sidebar has now turned ut at the bottom of the page, not on top right below the header????

Is there any magic I can do to move it up?

Try comparing the call to get_sidebar() in index.php to that in page.php and duplicating it.

It worked – problem solved. Thank you very much for your help.