mwellsworth

Nevermind, I solved the problem by happening upon this snippet of code:

<?php query_posts(‘pagename=insert name of Page here‘); ?>

This calls whatever Page you name into memory for The Loop to use. It works for the purpose I needed.

Here is my updated code for portfolio if anyone else has this problem:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Portfolio
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">

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

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

		<h2>

			<?php the_title(); ?>

		</h2>

		<div class="entry">

			<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>

			<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

		</div>

	</div>

	<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>

</div>

<img src="wp-content/themes/default/images/segue.jpg" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px" align="left" height="40" width="540" />

<?php query_posts('pagename=sketching'); ?>

<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">

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

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

		<h2>

			<?php the_title(); ?>

		</h2>

		<div class="entry">

			<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>

			<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

		</div>

	</div>

	<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>

</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>