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dhechler
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you could try querying for the news category on your news page.

Make a blank news.php page in your theme file and use this code to make it a template


/*
Template Name: News
*/

get_header();

then to query for posts in the news category, just use the query_posts function


//The Query
query_posts( 'category_name=news' );

//The Loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
//put all of your code in here to echo a post, such as:
the_title();
endwhile; else:

endif;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

//this calls the sidebar, if you dont want that, then delete this next link
get_sidebar();
//this next line calls the footer.
get_footer();
?>

So all together your code in news.php looks like this.


/*
Template Name: News
*/

get_header();

//The Query
query_posts( 'category_name=news' );

//The Loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
//put all of your code in here to echo a post, such as:
the_title();
endwhile; else:

endif;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

//this calls the sidebar, if you dont want that, then delete this next link
get_sidebar();
//this next line calls the footer.
get_footer();
?>

then go into your backend to the news page and choose “news” from your template dropdown on the right-hand side.

Hope this helps you get where you need to go.