I have the following code for a wordpress theme. For some reason an arrow appears on the page. I originally thought it was because of the thumbnail but once I removed the thumbnail it still appeared but in a different spot. What I'm aiming for is have the blog post feature image appear left and the blog post info and excerpt float right. I can get that to work fine but there's an arrow < coming out of no where. Any suggestions what I've done wrong? Thanks!
<div class="entry-content">
<div id="leftsidebar">
<?php if (function_exists('dimox_breadcrumbs')) dimox_breadcrumbs(); ?> <p></p>
<h2><a href="<?php echo get_permalink( 14); ?>">blog.</a></h2>
<p><?php get_sidebar(); ?></p>
<br>
<br>
<div class="blogtags">
<h2>blog tags.</h2>
<?php wp_tag_cloud('number=15&smallest=8&largest=15'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="onecolumncontent2">
<?php
//get exclusions for categories
$exclude = get_option($shortname.'_exclude_categories');
$exclude = str_replace(',,','|-',$exclude);
$exclude = str_replace(',','-',$exclude);
$exclude = substr($exclude, 0, -1);
$exclude = str_replace('|',',',$exclude);
query_posts('posts_per_page=&paged='.$paged.'&cat='.$exclude);
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="leftimageblog">
<?php the_post_thumbnail();?>
</div>
<<div class="textrightblog">
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<p class="meta">by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?> on <a href="<?php echo get_month_link($get_year, $get_month); ?>"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></a>, filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?></p>
<?php the_excerpt('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
<p><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">~ Add your thoughts</a> | <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue Reading</a></p>
</div><!-- e: entry content -->
<img src="<?php bloginfo(stylesheet_directory); ?>/basemedia/images/line4.png" alt="Separator" width="700" height="30" />
</div><!-- e: entry -->
<?php
endwhile;
//endif;
?>
<?php /* Display navigation to next/previous pages when applicable */ ?>
<?php if ( $wp_query->max_num_pages > 1 ) : ?>
<div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></div>
</div><!-- #nav-below -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #container -->