BAM index.php

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage BigAssMonsters
 */

get_header(); ?>
        <div id="feature">
        <div id="slider">
        <!-- element with overflow applied -->
              <div class="scroll">
              <!-- the element that will be scrolled during the effect -->
                    <div class="scrollContainer">
                    <!-- our individual panels -->
                    <?php
                    $do_not_duplicate = array();
                    $featured_query = new WP_Query('showposts=4&cat=1');
                    while ($featured_query->have_posts()) : $featured_query->the_post();
                        $do_not_duplicate[] = get_the_ID();
                    ?>
                    <?php $url = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) ); ?>
                        <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('panel'); ?> style="background-image:url('<?php echo $url ?>')">
                        <header class="entry-header">
                        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php printf(__('Permalink to %s'), wp_specialchars(get_the_title(), 1)) ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                        </article>
                    <?php endwhile;  ?>

                </div>
            </div>

                <nav>
                    <ul>
                    <?php
                        $postcount = 0;
                        $featured_query = new WP_Query('showposts=4&cat=1');
                        while ($featured_query->have_posts()) : $featured_query->the_post();
                          $do_not_duplicate[] = get_the_ID();
                          $postcount++;
                    ?>
                    <?php if( $postcount == 1 ) : ?>
                        <li><a href="#post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('selected');?>><?php if (strlen($post->post_title) > 30) { echo substr(the_title($before = '', $after = '', FALSE), 0, 30) . '...'; } else { the_title();} ?></a></li>
                    <?php else : ?>
                        <li><a href="#post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class();?>><?php if (strlen($post->post_title) > 30) { echo substr(the_title($before = '', $after = '', FALSE), 0, 30) . '...'; } else { the_title();} ?></a></li>
                    <?php endif; ?>
                    <?php endwhile; ?>
                    </ul>
                </nav>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div id="recent-posts">
        <?php
        $args=array(
          'posts_per_page' => 5,
          'post__not_in' => array_merge($do_not_duplicate, get_option( 'sticky_posts' )),
        );
        $featured_query = new WP_Query($args);
            while ($featured_query->have_posts()) : $featured_query->the_post();
            $do_not_duplicate[] = $post->ID; ?>
            <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(''); ?>>
                <div class="entry-date">
                    <p><?php the_time('j'); ?></p>
                    <span><?php the_time('F'); ?></span>
                </div>
                <div class="entry">
                    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php printf(__('Permalink to %s'), wp_specialchars(get_the_title(), 1)) ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
                    <?php the_content(); ?>
                </div>
          </article>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
        </div>

        <?php get_sidebar(); ?>

        </div> <!--/content-->
    </div> <!--/container-->
<?php get_footer(); ?>