listing previous posts

Say “Main Entries” has category id of 2

<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=2&numberposts=5″ ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>

<div id="latestMainEntries">
<h3>Main Entries</h3>
<ul>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>

<li><span class="date"><?php the_time('F j'); ?></span> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That works very well!
I even included an additional IF statement to exclude the most recent entry.


<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=1" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
<?php $counter = 1; ?>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<?php if ($counter > 1) : ?>
<li><center><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>" target="_blank"><?php the_title(); ?></a></center></li>
<li><span class="date"><center><?php the_time('F d, Y'); ?></center></span></li><p>
<?php $counter = $counter + 1; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php $counter = $counter + 1; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>


Actually, the following is a better method than yours.
$posts = get_posts( "category=1&numberposts=5&offset=1″ );

HEH! Darn, you’re right. And I thought I was being pretty clever… ??