Previous Entries Problem

My original topic was edited because the code was too detailed.

My problem still exists: Whenever I use the “query_posts” function in a basic loop, the “previous entries” and “next entries” link don’t actually show previous entries – they just show what is on the index page.

My loop starts with:

<?php query_posts('cat=-48,-50,-49'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

	<!-- open post --><div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

And ends with:

<!-- close post--></div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<!-- open post-nav -->
<div class="post-nav">
<span class="previous"><a href="https://thevdo.com/test-2/">
<small><?php next_posts_link('<< Previous Entries') ?></small></span>
<span class="next"><a href="https://thevdo.com/10-photoshop-secrets/">
<small><?php previous_posts_link('Next Entries >>') ?></small></a></span>
<!-- close post-nav --></div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

An example of the problem can be seen at https://alanwho.com and https://alanwho.com/page/2/ where previous entries should appear, but don’t.

I ‘ve got a problem, no one else can help, maybe I should hire the A team?

Any members of the A team should post replies below:

Thank you

Alan.

After intense google searches I have found an answer …

Using the following code to exclude categories 48, 50 and 49 seems to ensure that the previous and next entries links stop working <?php query_posts('cat=-48,-50,-49'); ?>

The solution for my particular problem is the below code which still exclude categories 48, 50 and 49 and most importantly displayers older posts properly.

<?php
$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("cat=-48,-50,-49&showposts=10&paged=$page");
?>