sloopjb

Thanks.

<!-- post -->
					<div class="post">
						<div class="post-inner">
                      		<?php $mb_recent_blog = new WP_Query('showposts=5&offset=3'); ?>
							<?php while ($mb_recent_blog->have_posts()) : $mb_recent_blog->the_post(); $more = 0; ?>
							<div class="post-comments"><?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?></div>
							<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
							<div class="post-date"><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?></div>
							<?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_value', true)) { ?><div class="post-tnail"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_value', true) && $mb_resize == 0) { ?><img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/thumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "post_image_value", $single = true); ?>&w=372&h=100&zc=1&q=95" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /><?php } else if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_tnail_value', true) && $mb_resize == 1) { ?><img src="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "post_image_tnail_value", $single = true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /><?php } else { ?><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/dark/placeholder.jpg" alt="" /><?php } ?></a></div><?php } ?>
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<!-- /post -->

Is this the sort of thing? But I’m not sure how to code it correctly…can you advise want I did to do to get it right please?

Like the above, I think this is the code I need to offset the post s by 3 for the front page, but I can’t see where…all help appreciated….

<!-- post -->
					<div class="post">
						<div class="post-inner">
							<div class="post-comments"><?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?></div>
							<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
							<div class="post-date"><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?></div>
							<?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_value', true)) { ?><div class="post-tnail"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_value', true) && $mb_resize == 0) { ?><img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/thumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "post_image_value", $single = true); ?>&w=372&h=100&zc=1&q=95" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /><?php } else if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post_image_tnail_value', true) && $mb_resize == 1) { ?><img src="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "post_image_tnail_value", $single = true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /><?php } else { ?><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/dark/placeholder.jpg" alt="" /><?php } ?></a></div><?php } ?>
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<!-- /post -->