loop

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) { ?>

<div id="content">

 <?php
    $postCount = 0;
    $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
    query_posts( 'paged=$page&post_per_page=-1&cat=' . get_query_var('cat') );
    while (have_posts()) { the_post();
        if( $postcount == 0 ) {
        //GETS LATEST OR STICKY POST
    ?>

    <div id="lead" class="clearfloat">

            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php echo get_post_image (get_the_id(), '', '', '' .get_bloginfo('template_url') .'/scripts/timthumb.php?zc=1&amp;w=260&amp;h=230&amp;src='); ?></a>

    <div id="lead-text">
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
    <?php the_title(); ?></a> <span class="commentcount"> (<?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?>)</span></h2>


    <p class="date"><?php the_time('n/d/y'); ?> &bull; </p>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
            </div><!--END LEAD/STICKY POST-->


        <div id="more-posts">
        <h3><?php _e('Recent Posts','Mimbo'); ?></h3>

        <?php
        }
        elseif( $postcount > 0 && $postcount <= 30 ) {
        //GETS NEXT FOUR EXCERPTS
        ?>

<?php //MAIN EDIT STARTS HERE
if( $postcount > 4 && $postcount <= 7 ) {
//GETS three narrow EXCERPTS, example only
        ?>

        <div class="narrow recent-excerpts <?php echo 'narrow-'.$postcount; ?>">

<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <span class="commentcount">(<?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?>)</span></h4>

<p class="date"><?php the_time('n/d/y'); ?> &bull; </p>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        </div>

<?php }
else {
//MAIN EDIT ENDS HERE (there is more edit to close the if/else later)
?>

        <div class="clearfloat recent-excerpts">
            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php echo get_post_image (get_the_id(), '', '', '' .get_bloginfo('template_url') .'/scripts/timthumb.php?zc=1&amp;w=105&amp;h=85&amp;src='); ?></a>

<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <span class="commentcount">(<?php comments_popup_link('0', '1', '%'); ?>)</span></h4>

<p class="date"><?php the_time('n/d/y'); ?> &bull; </p>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        </div>

<?php //EDIT TO CLOSE THE IF ELSE FROM MAIN EDIT ?>
<?php } ?>
//END OF EDIT

<?php //GETS NEXT HEADLINES
        }


        else {
            ob_start();
            echo '<li><a href="';
            the_permalink();
            echo '">';
            the_title();
            echo '</a></li>';
            $links[] = ob_get_contents();
            ob_end_clean();
        }
        $postcount ++;
        }
    }
    else {
?>

<?php } ?>


<?php
    if(count($links)): ?>

     <h3><?php _e('Older Posts','Mimbo'); ?></h3>
     <ul class="headlines"><?php echo join("\n", $links); ?></ul>

    <?php endif; ?>
    </div><!--END RECENT/OLDER POSTS-->



    <div id="featured-cats">
    <h3><?php _e('Featured Categories','Mimbo'); ?></h3>

        <?php
        $display_categories = get_option('openbook_cats');
        foreach ($display_categories as $category) {
        $showposts = get_option('openbook_featured_posts');
        query_posts("showposts=$showposts&cat=$category");
        ?>

<h5><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category);?>"><?php single_cat_title(); ?>&raquo;</a></h5>

        <ul>
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <li class="clearfloat"><p class="date"><?php the_time('n/d/y'); ?> &bull; </p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
        </ul>
    <?php } ?>

</div><!--END FEATURED CATS-->


</div><!--END CONTENT-->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>