<div class="box">
  <?php
        include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/version.php');

        $the_query = new WP_Query('cat=-8,-9,-'. $ex_feat . ',-' . $ex_vid . '&showposts=' . $showposts . '&orderby=post_date&order=desc');

        $counter = 0; $counter2 = 0;

        while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
    ?>
  <?php $counter++; $counter2++; ?>
  <div class="post <?php if ($counter == 1) { echo 'fl'; } else { echo 'fr'; $counter = 0; } ?>">
    <h3 class="posted">+
      <?php the_category(', ') ?>
    </h3>
    <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb', true) ) { ?>
    <!-- DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD -->
    <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb", $single = true); ?>" alt="" />
    <?php } else { ?>
    <!-- DISPLAY THE DEFAULT IMAGE, IF CUSTOM FIELD HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED -->
    <!--<img src="<?php //bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/no-img-thumb.jpg" alt="" />-->
    <?php } ?>
    <h2><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
      <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a></h2>
    <p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a><strong>'); ?></p>
    <p><span class="continue"><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue...</a></span> | <span class="comments">
      <?php comments_popup_link('Depoimentos (0)', 'Depoimentos (1)', 'Depoimentos (%)'); ?>
      </span></p>
  </div>
  <!--/post-->
  <?php if ( !($counter2 == $showposts) && ($counter == 0) ) { echo '<div class="hl-full"></div>'; ?>
  <?php } ?>
  <?php endwhile;

  wp_reset_query();

  ?>
</div>
<!--/box-->
<div id="topbanner">
  <?php

                // Get banner code //
                $banner_img = get_option('premiumnews_banner_image');
                $banner_url = get_option('premiumnews_banner_url');

            ?>
  <a> href="<?php echo "$banner_url"; ?>"><img src="<?php echo "$banner_img"; ?>" alt="" /></a> </div>
<div class="boxes">
  <h3 class="posted"> VEJA TAMBEM</h3>

  <?php
// enter the IDs of the categories to display
$display_categories = array(3,6);
foreach ($display_categories as $category):
setup_postdata($post); { ?>
  <div class="col4">
    <?php query_posts("showposts=1&include=$category");?>
    <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb-h', true) ) { ?>
    <!-- DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD -->
    <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb-h", $single = true); ?>" alt="" />
    <?php } ?>
    <h2><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
      <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a></h2>
    <p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a><strong>'); ?></p>
    <p><span class="continue"><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue...</a></span> | <span class="comments">
      <?php comments_popup_link('Depoimentos (0)', 'Depoimentos (1)', 'Depoimentos (%)'); ?>
      </span></p>
  </div>
  <?php }
endforeach;
 wp_reset_query(); ?>
  <!-- LAST CATEGORY LISTING - NEEDED TO END CSS COLUMNS -->
  <div class="col5">
    <?php query_posts("showposts=1&include=35"); ?>
    <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'thumb-h', true) ) { ?>
    <!-- DISPLAYS THE IMAGE URL SPECIFIED IN THE CUSTOM FIELD -->
    <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb-h", $single = true); ?>" alt="" />
    <?php } ?>
    <h2><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
      <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a></h2>
    <p><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt(), '<a><strong>'); ?></p>
    <p><span class="continue"><a>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue...</a></span> | <span class="comments">
      <?php comments_popup_link('Depoimentos (0)', 'Depoimentos (1)', 'Depoimentos (%)'); ?>
      </span></p>
  </div>
  <hr>
  </hr>
</div>