MorningAfter increase latest post count

Hi,

I have installed TheMorningAfter from WooThemes, and am working on customising the main page. I would like to have the main page show the 10 most recent posts, with 5 featured posts in the sidebar. As this is one of their free themes, there is no support, and the forums are via paid subscription only.

I am very new to PHP however and cannot quite get to grips with the code on the page.

The current code that displays the latest post, and then a featured posts below:

<?php
				while (have_posts()) : the_post();

				$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

				<div id="latest_post">
					<h3 class="mast"><?php _e('Latest Posts','woothemes'); ?></h3>

					<div id="latest_post_image">
					<?php woo_image('width=470&height=210'); ?>
					</div>

					<h3 class="latest_post_title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent Link to','wootheme');?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

					<p><?php if ( $woo_options['woo_post_content_home'] == "true" ) the_content(); else the_excerpt(); ?></p>

					<div class="latest_post_meta">
						<span class="latest_read_on"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php _e('Continue Reading','woothemes'); ?></a></span>
						<span class="latest_comments"><?php comments_popup_link('Post a comment', 'One comment', '% comments', '', 'Comments off'); ?></span>
						<?php $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0]; ?>
						<span class="latest_category"><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($cat->cat_ID);?>"><?php echo $cat->cat_name; ?></a></span>
					</div>
				</div>

				<?php
				break;
				endwhile; ?>

				<div id="home_featured">
					<h3 class="home_featured"><?php echo $woo_options['woo_featured_heading']; ?></h3>

					<?php
					$feat_id = get_cat_id($woo_options['woo_featured_category']);
					$limit = $woo_options['woo_featured_limit'];
					$the_query = new WP_Query("cat=$feat_id&showposts=$limit");

					while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();

					$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

					<div class="feat_content">

						<?php woo_image("width=65&height=65"); ?>

						<div class="feat_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent Link to','wootheme');?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>

						<div class="feat_exc">
							<?php if ( $woo_options['woo_post_content_home'] == "true" ) the_content(); else the_excerpt(); ?>
						</div>

					</div>

					<?php endwhile; ?>

				</div>

Is there anyway to adapt the code to show the 10 most recent posts, whilst still retaining the settings applied to the ‘Latest Post’ section in CSS?

I have tried:
query_posts($query_string . "&showposts=10");

and

global $query_string;
query_posts($query_string . "&showposts=10");

and

$latest_id = get_cat_id($woo_options['woo_latest_category']);
query_posts("cat={$latest_id}&showposts=10");

None of which have been successful. They do not increase the Latest Post count.

The following has allowed me to have 10 posts displayed, but I cannot get the it to pick up the CSS for the ‘Latest Post’ no matter where I insert it:

$loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
the_title();
  echo '<div class="entry-content">';
  the_content();
  echo '</div>';
endwhile;

Please help!

Thanks,

crisp82