supercarly

you superstar – I’ll give it a go!

thanks

I agree with the above tips. Also try using ALLINONE SEO pack and turn on ‘canonical’ this tells Google that the post pages are the original content and not the home page. Finally try these SEO tips:

Frequent but minor updates to your posts (e.g. reword a sentence, change the alt text on an image)

Build links to your posts (e.g. forums, content syndication)

Grab the sitemaps plugin and upload a sitemap to Google so it can be notified of new posts.

yeah fixed, it does work!

BUT could you give it the once over to ensure I’ve not done anything silly that will break later?

I honestly owe you mega props for this. Thank you!!

<?php get_header(); ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

				<?php
				global $post;
				$the_newest = get_posts('numberposts=1');
				$the_newer = get_posts('numberposts=2&offset=1');
				$my_query = new WP_Query('showposts=1');
				global $wp_query;
				$wp_query->in_the_loop = true; //but not necessary at 2.9???
				?>

				<?php foreach($the_newest as $post) :
					setup_postdata($post);	?>

              <div class='headerbox'>

              <h1 class="header_title">
              	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
              	<?php the_title(); ?>
              	</a>
              </h1>

			<div class='undertitle'>
			<p><?php the_date(); ?> | <?php the_category(' &bull; '); ?> |
			<a title='leave a comment on: <?php the_title(); ?>' href="<?php comments_link(); ?>"><?php comments_number('No comments - leave yours?','1 comment - leave yours?','% comments - leave yours?'); ?></a>

		</div><?php /*close undertitle*/?>

	</div><?php /*close headerbox*/?>

           <?php the_content("Continue reading " . the_title('', '', false)); ?>

				<p class='rightp'>
				<a title="Comment on: '<?php the_title(); ?>'" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
              	Comment on: <?php the_title(); ?> &raquo;</a></p>

              <div class='undercontent'>

<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>

            	<?php the_tags(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

              </div><?php /*close undercontent*/?>

				<?php endforeach; ?>

				<h2 id='more-recent-posts'>Read more of my recent posts:</h2>

				<?php foreach($the_newer as $post) :
					setup_postdata($post);	?>

						<div class="smaller-post">
						<h2 class="smaller-post-title">
						<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
						</a>
						</h2>

							<?php the_excerpt('<span>Read the rest of this entry? &raquo;</span>'); ?>

							<div class='smaller-meta'>

							<p>Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> |
							On: <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> |
							<a title='leave a comment on: <?php the_title(); ?>' href="<?php comments_link(); ?>">
							<?php comments_number('Read more and comment &raquo;','Read more and comment &raquo;','Read more and comment &raquo;'); ?></a>
							</p>

							</div> <?php /*close smaller meta*/?>
							</div> <?php /*close smaller entry*/?>

				<?php endforeach; ?>

			<?php else : ?>
				<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
				<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
				<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
			<?php endif; ?>

		<?php get_footer(); ?>

my hacking about shows the tags, but 6 times. Not sure how I managed that ??

Eeek I’m not too advanced in this sort of stuff, but I’ll take a look later.

I assume I need to make a couple of changes to the file using your second example?

I’m hopeless, I might give up and donate to my friend’s beer fund and get him to take a look ??

here is my code: Any idea why the tags don’t display on the top (newest news) section?

<?php get_header(); ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

				<?php
				global $post;
				$the_newest = get_posts('numberposts=1');
				$the_newer = get_posts('numberposts=2&offset=1');
				$the_new = get_posts('numberposts=3&offset=4&order=DESC&orderby=post_date'); ?>

				<?php foreach($the_newest as $post) :
					setup_postdata($post);	?>

              <div class='headerbox'>

              <h1 class="header_title">
              	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
              	<?php the_title(); ?>
              	</a>
              </h1>

			<div class='undertitle'>
			<p><?php the_date(); ?> | <?php the_category(' &bull; '); ?> |
			<a title='leave a comment on: <?php the_title(); ?>' href="<?php comments_link(); ?>"><?php comments_number('No comments - leave yours?','1 comment - leave yours?','% comments - leave yours?'); ?></a>

		</div><?php /*close undertitle*/?>

	</div><?php /*close headerbox*/?>

           <?php the_content("Continue reading " . the_title('', '', false)); ?>

				<p class='rightp'>
				<a title="Comment on: '<?php the_title(); ?>'" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
              	Comment on: <?php the_title(); ?> &raquo;</a></p>

              <div class='undercontent'>

              	<p><?php the_tags(); ?></p>

				</div><?php /*close undercontent*/?>

				<?php endforeach; ?>

				<?php foreach($the_newer as $post) :
					setup_postdata($post);	?>

						<div class="smaller-post">
						<h2 class="smaller-post-title">
						<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
						</a>
						</h2>

							<div class='smaller-meta'>
							<?php the_excerpt('<span>Read the rest of this entry? &raquo;</span>'); ?>
							Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> |
							On: <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> |
							<a title='leave a comment on: <?php the_title(); ?>' href="<?php comments_link(); ?>">
							<?php comments_number('No comments - leave yours?','1 comment - leave yours?','% comments - leave yours?'); ?></a

							</div> <?php /*close smaller meta*/?>
							</div> <?php /*close smaller entry*/?>

				<?php endforeach; ?>

<ul>

				<?php foreach($the_new as $post) :
					setup_postdata($post);	?>
					<li><?php the_time('jS M y') ?> |
					<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
					</li>
				<?php endforeach; ?>

</ul>

			<?php else : ?>
				<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
				<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
				<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
			<?php endif; ?>

		<?php get_footer(); ?>

That’s worked great but now my tags aren’t displaying.

Are there any known issues with this method and tagging?

that’s very helpful, thank you for your reply.