WordPress Theme Development 2 - Minimum Main Index Template

52-index-after.php

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Your_Theme
 */
get_header(); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : ?>
        <?php the_post(); ?>
        <div <?php post_class(); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"
          title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
          <?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
        <?php the_content(__('Read more...')); ?>
        <p><?php wp_link_pages(); ?></p>
        <p><?php _e('Posted by'); ?> <?php the_author(); ?> @
          <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?> <?php _e('in'); ?>
          <?php the_category(','); ?> <?php the_tags(__('with '), ', '); ?></p>
        <p><?php comments_popup_link(__('No Comments &#187;'),
          __('1 Comment &#187;'), __('% Comments &#187;')); ?>
          <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit This'), '&#8212;'); ?></p>
        </div>
        <?php comments_template(); ?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <p><?php next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Posts')); ?></p>
    <p><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer Posts &raquo;')); ?></p>
<?php else : ?>
<h2><?php _e('Not Found'); ?></h2>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn&#39;t here.'); ?>
</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

52-index-before.php

<?php
get_header();
if (have_posts()) :
   while (have_posts()) :
      the_post();
      the_content();
   endwhile;
endif;
get_sidebar();
get_footer();
?>