OLDER POSTS function not working

here’s my syntax

https://pastebin.com/0STH5kgH

please lemme know what’s wrong…. ??

the previous/next page function doesn’t work… thanks.

little help please

help ??

there seems to be nothing wrong with the code of index.php; however, this problem could be caused by the code of the ‘cover story’ section;

can you paste this as well?

sure.these are the corresponding codes for the template

HEADER.PHP
https://pastebin.com/Pj5eshr0

PAGE.PHP
https://pastebin.com/GKjudwyx

SEARCH.PHP
https://pastebin.com/ZJ7GguLv

SINGLE.PHP
https://pastebin.com/7zttZJFw

FUNCTIONS.PHP
https://pastebin.com/WQ9xA42a

HOME.PHP
https://pastebin.com/554Cix9c

thanks for helping out.. ??

edit home.php, find: (line 84)

<?php query_posts('cat=1'); ?>

change to:

<?php global $query_string; query_posts($query_string . '&cat=1'); ?>

changes are similar to: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/query_posts#Usage_Note

also of interest:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Hierarchy

OMG! It works now.

Thank you soooo much!