Custom Loop WordPress Forum

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

    <?php $counter+=1 ; // Start the Counter ?>

    <?php if($counter > 1): // Not the first post so title nad meta ?>
        <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
            <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyten' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

            <div class="entry-meta">
                <?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-meta -->

            <?php // Content went here before ?>

            <div class="entry-utility">
                <?php if ( count( get_the_category() ) ) : ?>
                    <span class="cat-links">
                        <?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links', get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
                    </span>
                    <span class="meta-sep">|</span>
                <?php endif; ?>
                <?php
                    $tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', ', ' );
                    if ( $tags_list ):
                ?>
                    <span class="tag-links">
                        <?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Tagged</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links', $tags_list ); ?>
                    </span>
                    <span class="meta-sep">|</span>
                <?php endif; ?>
                <span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span>
                <?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-utility -->
        </div><!-- #post-## -->
        <?php /* End the summary posts */ ?>

    <?php else : // This is our first post ?>
        <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
            <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyten' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

            <div class="entry-meta">
                <?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-meta -->

            <?php /* This is our content change to Excerpt if you want */?>
            <div class="entry-content">

                            <?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>

                <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-content -->

            <div class="entry-utility">
                <?php if ( count( get_the_category() ) ) : ?>
                    <span class="cat-links">
                        <?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links', get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
                    </span>
                    <span class="meta-sep">|</span>
                <?php endif; ?>
                <?php
                    $tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', ', ' );
                    if ( $tags_list ):
                ?>
                    <span class="tag-links">
                        <?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Tagged</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links', $tags_list ); ?>
                    </span>
                    <span class="meta-sep">|</span>
                <?php endif; ?>
                <span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span>
                <?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-utility -->
        </div><!-- #post-## -->

        <?php // No Comments in this loop comments_template( '', true ); ?>

    <?php endif; // This was the if statement that broke the loop into two parts. ?>
<?php endwhile; // End the loop ?>