anathema

ha… figured it out. of course just inserting the loop gives you all the posts… duh! but i played around with the loop code and figured out how to limit it to just the latest post. this was actually remarkable for me because i don’t know bleep about php. so… for all those who happen to stumble upon this thread… this is what the original loop looks like in 1.5

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post">
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>

<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>

<p class="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit','','|'); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>

<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="navigation">
<div class="alignleft"><?php posts_nav_link('','','« Previous Entries') ?></div>
<div class="alignright"><?php posts_nav_link('','Next Entries »','') ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

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

<?php endif; ?>

change the first line to:

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

and remove these two lines:

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


you could also remove other stuff like the navigation… just take it out.