wordpress homepage functions problems

[real_illusions]

Hi,I've found the if_home and if_front_page to be potentially useful..but..also found that it causes problems.Current setup is that in the index.php file I have some static content followed by the list of blog posts, limited to only 1.When clicking on "older posts", it goes to /page/2/ as the URL, but its basically a repost of the home page.I then did this:<?phpif ( is_front_page() ) {query_posts('showposts=1');} else {query_posts('showposts=10');}?>And also surrounded the static content in a similiar way<?phpif ( is_front_page() ) {// static content} else {// nothing at all}?>I also tried it with is_home function, but neither work. I just get a repeat of the home page on a different URL and the most recent post rather than a list of the 10 recent posts. Anyone know why and how to get it to work?Thanks.