[Pete Nice]

so this is the code with Bazzle's pagination code added that doesn't work:

PHP Code:

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

        <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&orderby=post_date&order=desc');
            while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
        </div>
        <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>

this is the tutorial code that works but doesn't include the if statements

PHP Code:

<?php $temp = $wp_query; 
        $wp_query= null; 
        $wp_query = new WP_Query(); 
        $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> 
        <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
            <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
            </div>
        <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>

the same code within the if statements that gives me the 'next entries' link but when clicked I get the if statement 'no post - go to the homepage'

PHP Code:

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
        <?php $temp = $wp_query; 
        $wp_query= null; 
        $wp_query = new WP_Query(); 
        $wp_query->query('showposts=5'.'&paged='.$paged); ?> 
        <?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
            $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
        <div id="post_date"><?php the_time('M') ?><br /><span><?php the_time('d') ?></span></div>
        <div id="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
        <div id="post_author">posted by <?php the_author() ?></div>
        <div id="post_comment"><?php edit_post_link('edit', '', ' '); ?><?php comments_popup_link('comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?></div>
        <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <div class="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
        <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
            <div class="navigation">
            <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
            <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
            </div>
        <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
            <?php else : ?>
        <div id="search_amount">Lost? Go back to the <a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">home page</a></div>
        <?php endif; ?>