Hi guys,

my website http://emctamil.herobo.com/blog/ uses following code to display the posts :

	<?php define('WP_USE_THEMES', false); get_header(); ?>
<?php query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-3,-8'); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="post">

<!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<!-- Display the date (November 16th, 2009 format) and a link to other posts by this posts author. -->
<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></small>

<div class="entry">
		<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
</div> <!-- closes the first div box -->

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
<?php endif; ?>

 

How do I have to change this code that just the latest months post are shown ...

Would it not be better to show say the last five posts, otherwise at the start of each month you'll have zero posts showing?