quick update; after a little bit of fidding, i’ve determined that for some reason it’s almost like the page’s attributes are overriding those within the loop.
for example, the_title isn’t the title of a blog post, it’s the page’s title. the_content isn’t the post content, it’s the page’s content. bizarrely, this is still the custom page template’s layout, as there are elements present in that page that aren’t present within the page.php document.
if any of that helps my cause…
thanks
maybe…do i need to add some kind of reset to the bottom of the index.php loop?