Len

…I cannot log in to my admin section…

If you cannot login and access wp-admin/options.php then you’ll need to access the database directly through phpMyAdmin.

Precisely the reason why gave the OP that link. Quoting from the info contained therein,

…you can download the following two files and copy them over your 2.6.2 installation.

If you’re not upgrading from 2.6.2 then obviously follow the regular upgrade routine.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended

If you have any difficulties just post back to this thread.

Sounds like the database wasn’t upgraded. Try a forced database upgrade.

http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Installation#How_do_you_force_a_database_upgrade.3F

Remove the anchor tag. For example …

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a>

Change to …

<?php the_title() ?>

Comments appreciated

Comments on what? The plugins you’re using?

There are several parameters that can be passed to wp_list_pages()

A little reading is in order. –> http://codex.wordpress.org/wp_list_pages

http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language

One way to do it (there may be an easier i don’t know) is to use a custom Loop in conjunction with Query_posts

<?php query_posts('category_name=YourCategoryName'); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?><?php endif; ?>

What this does is, the query_posts function before the Loop calls the Category of your choosing. The next line simply says if we have a post, while we have a post, execute the post. After that is the hyperlinked post title. Finally the last bit merely closes the while and if statements.

The example above calls the category by NAME. You can also choose the category by using its NUMERICAL ID instead by altering the query_posts function as such …

<?php query_posts('cat=123'); ?>

… where ‘123’ is that actual NUMERICAL ID of that particular category. One thing to remember, this will output the number of posts as per your settings in the dashboard. Meaning, if you have your main page set to display 5 posts this will display 5 posts as well. If you want to display more or less than you need to make another small change to the query_posts function as such …

<?php query_posts('category_name=YourCategoryName&showposts=10'); ?>

OR –>

<?php query_posts('cat=123&showposts=10'); ?>

This will generate 10 post titles. There are several parameters you can pass to query_posts but be sure to precede each one with “&” (without the quotation marks)

More reading on Query Posts and The Loop.