Problems with formatting front page?

[mamabzz]

Hello, we removed the read-more from the front page, but we have to add lots of code to make the post format correctly, only on front page. My wife makes a post previews it and it looks perfect, but when she publishes and looks at front page it has lost all formatting, if we click on title and go to single page the formatting is still there. I believe it has to do with the removing read more function, but cannot figure it out. I guess you would say my featured posts are having the formatting removed.
Thanks
Dan

Here is home.php info.

PHP Code:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

    <div id="homepage">
    
        
        
        <div id="homepagebottom">
        
            <div class="hpbottom">
            
                
                <?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=".get_theme_mod('featured_bottom')."&showposts=".get_theme_mod('featured_bottom_num')); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
                <?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb", true) ): ?>
                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><img class="thumb" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/tools/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb", $single = true); ?>&amp;h=<?php echo get_theme_mod('featured_bottom_thumb_height'); ?>&amp;w=<?php echo get_theme_mod('featured_bottom_thumb_width'); ?>&amp;zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>     
                <?php else: ?>
                <?php endif; ?>                
                
                <h7><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></strong></h7>
                <span class="time"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></span><br /><p>
                

                  <h8><?php the_content(); ?></h8>      
                               <span class="icomment"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>#respond"><?php comments_number(__('Leave a Comment', 'studiopress'), __('1 Comment', 'studiopress'), __('% Comments'
, 'studiopress')); ?></a></span></p>
                    
                <hr/>
                    
                <?php endwhile; ?>
                        
                <?php if(get_theme_mod('featured_bottom')) : ?>
                <strong><a href="<?php echo get_category_link(get_theme_mod('featured_bottom')); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php _e("Read more posts from ", 'studiopress'); echo get_cat_name(get_theme_mod('featured_bottom')); ?></a></strong>
                <?php endif; ?>
            
            </div>
        
        </div>
        
    </div>
    
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
        
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>