May have figured it out. I copied part of an index file from another theme that worked, and pasted it into the Blue Black Theme. Here is the working index file. May not be perfect, but is doing the job.
<?php
global $options;
foreach ($options as $value) {
if (get_settings( $value[‘id’] ) === FALSE) { $$value[‘id’] = $value[‘std’]; } else { $$value[‘id’] = get_settings( $value[‘id’] ); } }
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<!–content–>
<div id=”content”>
<!–left-col–>
<div id=”left-col”>
<!–post–>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h3 class=”storytitle”>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<div class=”meta”><?php _e(“Filed under:”); ?> <?php the_category(‘,’) ?> — <?php the_tags(__(‘Tags: ‘), ‘, ‘, ‘ — ‘); ?> <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit This’)); ?></div>
<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php the_content(__(‘(more…)’)); ?>
</div>
<div class=”feedback”>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__(‘Comments (0)’), __(‘Comments (1)’), __(‘Comments (%)’)); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”post-bg-down”></div>
<div class=”navigation”>
<?php posts_nav_link(”,'<span class=”previous”>Previous</span>’,'<span class=”next”>Next</span>’) ?>
</div>
</div><!–left-col-end–>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!–content-end–>
</div><!–wrapper-end–>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
