Title: Simple post listing page
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Simple post listing page

 *  [Unit9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unit9/)
 * (@unit9)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-post-listing-page/)
 * Hi guys 😀
 * I want to create a simple custom listing page for a single category in posts 
   that has its own layout. The trouble is when I add it to a new page, the navigation
   doesn’t work – all of the posts on the listing page stay the same as the first
   page. I’ve simply copied and pasted the index.php file. Is there something else
   I should be doing? 😀
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: Funny
       */
       ?>
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
       	<div id="content">
       		<div class="padder">
   
       		<?php do_action( 'bp_before_blog_home' ); ?>
   
       		<?php do_action( 'template_notices' ); ?>
   
       		<div class="page" id="blog-latest" role="main">
                       <?php
       			if( is_home() ) {
       				$args = array( 'category__in' => array(1) );
       				$args = ( $wp_query && $wp_query->query ) ? array_merge( $wp_query->query , $args ) : $args;
       				query_posts( $args );
       			}
       			?>
       			<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
   
       				<?php bp_dtheme_content_nav( 'nav-above' ); ?>
   
       				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       					<?php do_action( 'bp_before_blog_post' ); ?>
   
       					<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
   
       						<div class="author-box">
       							<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'user_email' ), '50' ); ?>
       							<p><?php printf( _x( 'by %s', 'Post written by...', 'buddypress' ), bp_core_get_userlink( $post->post_author ) ); ?></p>
   
       							<?php if ( is_sticky() ) : ?>
       								<span class="activity sticky-post"><?php _ex( 'Featured', 'Sticky post', 'buddypress' ); ?></span>
       							<?php endif; ?>
       						</div>
   
       						<div class="post-content">
       							<h2 class="posttitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e( 'Permanent Link to', 'buddypress' ); ?> <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   
       							<p class="date"><?php printf( __( '%1$s <span>in %2$s</span>', 'buddypress' ), get_the_date(), get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?></p>
   
       							<div class="entry">
       								<?php the_content( __( 'Read the rest of this entry &rarr;', 'buddypress' ) ); ?>
       								<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><p>' . __( 'Pages: ', 'buddypress' ), 'after' => '</p></div>', 'next_or_number' => 'number' ) ); ?>
       							</div>
   
       							<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags( '<span class="tags">' . __( 'Tags: ', 'buddypress' ), ', ', '</span>' ); ?> <span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'No Comments »', 'buddypress' ), __( '1 Comment »', 'buddypress' ), __( '% Comments »', 'buddypress' ) ); ?></span></p>
       						</div>
   
       					</div>
   
       					<?php do_action( 'bp_after_blog_post' ); ?>
   
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
       				<?php bp_dtheme_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
   
       			<?php else : ?>
   
       				<h2 class="center"><?php _e( 'Not Found', 'buddypress' ); ?></h2>
       				<p class="center"><?php _e( 'Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn\'t here.', 'buddypress' ); ?></p>
   
       				<?php get_search_form(); ?>
   
       			<?php endif; ?>
       		</div>
   
       		<?php do_action( 'bp_after_blog_home' ); ?>
   
       		</div><!-- .padder -->
       	</div><!-- #content -->
   
       	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [Unit9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unit9/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-post-listing-page/)
 * Status: not resolved

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