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Will learn to play to amend the styling of the pagination, but functionally it's perfect.</p> <p>Thanks again. </p></div> </div> </li> </ol> <div id="topic-paging" class="col-3"> <p id="pages"></p> </div> <h2 class="post-form">Reply</h2> <p>You must <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/support/bb-login.php">log in</a> to post.</p> </div> <div class="col-2 topicmeta"> <h4>About this Topic</h4> <ul> <li><a class="rsslink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/support/rss/topic/display-posts-over-multiple-pages">RSS feed for this topic</a></li> <li>Started 5 months ago by duck__boy</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-over-multiple-pages#post-1816689">Latest reply</a> from duck__boy</li> <li id="resolution-flipper">This topic is resolved</li> <li>WordPress version: 3.0.1</li> </ul> <div class="tags"> <h4>Tags</h4> <p>No <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/tags/">tags</a> yet.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br class="clear"/> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://crazyegg.com/pages/scripts/23144.js?'+(new Date()).getTime()+'" type="text/javascript"></'+'script>'); //]]> </script> <div id="footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/about/privacy/">Privacy</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/about/license/">License / GPLv2</a>     See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.com/?ref=wporg-footer" title="Hassle-free WP hosting">WordPress.com</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.tv/" title="Videos, tutorials, WordCamps">WordPress.TV</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://central.wordcamp.org/" title="Find a WordPress event near your home">WordCamp</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://jobs.wordpress.net/" title="Find or post WordPress jobs">WP Jobs</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://ma.tt/" title="Co-founder of WordPress, an example of what WordPress can do">Matt</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048/http://wordpress.org/news/feed/" class="rsslink">Blog RSS</a> </p> <iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWordPress&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&font=lucida+grande&colorscheme=light&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;"></iframe> <h6>Code is Poetry</h6> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">_qoptions={qacct:"p-18-mFEk4J448M"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048js_/http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048im_/http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-18-mFEk4J448M.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></noscript>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110502163048js_/http://s.gravatar.com/js/gprofiles.js"></script> </body> </html>