Link posts in wordpress

Question

I'm trying to link posts in wordpress. Let me elaborate. In wordpress, you can set how many posts you want to show on a page. If, for example, you set that number to 1, and you have 10 posts, then you'll have 10 pages.

I have the following code that WORKS on the index.php (main posts page). It shows a link to older posts. Below is the code:

    <ul id="postNavigation">
    <li class="floatLeft"><?php next_posts_link('Old posts &raquo;') ?></li>
    <li class="floatRight"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; New posts') ?></li>
</ul>

Now, the way I have my wordpress set up, I have another page where I show posts with a certain category using this code (this code is in my page.php file):

   <?php if ( is_page('newspaper') ) { // BEGINNING of newspaper page
    ?>
<?php $my_query = new WP_Query('category_name=newspaper'); ?>
<?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="post">
    <!--<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>-->
    <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
    <div class="clear"></div>
    </div>
    <?php endwhile; ?>

    <ul id="postNavigation">
        <li class="floatLeft"><?php next_posts_link('Old Posts &raquo;') ?></li>
        <li class="floatRight"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; New Posts') ?></li>
    </ul>

    <?php } //END of newspaper page
    ?>

However, it doesn't show the "Older posts" link there. Does anyone have any idea if and how this is possible to accomplish?

Thanks, Amit

Answer 1

I assume that the older next post link is the only one missing. That would mean that your newer posts link is visible. How are you sorting your posts? Maybe you are looking at the oldest posts, so there are no older posts to show?

try

<?php $my_query = 
     new WP_Query('category_name=newspaper&orderby=date&order=desc');?>

This will organize posts from newest to oldest, and should enable the link to older posts. you could also try orderby=ID to use post id's instead of dates