Pagination, need help…

you would need a line with query_posts() before the loop;

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/query_posts

example:

<?php $args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 7,
'category_name' => 'specific',
'paged' => get_query_var('paged')
);
query_posts( $args ); ?>

for more parameter, see:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Pagination_Parameters

Excellent, that resolved the issue. I think I just had my codex docs mixed up. Thanks!