Pagination on Custom Loop Problem [closed]

Question

I was just wondering if anyone could help me out. My pagination isn't working. When I click on the 'next page' link it sends me to a url ending in /page/2/ but gives a 404 error.

I have read tens of questions that are similar but none of the solutions seem to work for me.

Here's my code:

<?php
// Video Category

// calling the header.php
get_header();

// action hook for placing content above #container
thematic_abovecontainer();

?>
<div id="container">
    <?php thematic_abovecontent(); ?>
    <div id="content">
        <?php
            $temp=$wp_query;
            $wp_query=null;
            $wp_query=new WP_Query();
            $wp_query->query('posts_per_page=2&cat=7&paged='.$paged);
            echo '<h1>'; single_cat_title(); echo '</h1>';
            while ($wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post();?>
                <div>
                    <h2><?php the_title();?></h2>
                    <p><?php the_date();?></p>
                    <div class="video-content"><?php the_content();?></div>
                </div>
            <?php endwhile;?>
            <div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
                <div class="nav-previous"><?php previous_posts_link(); ?></div>
                <div class="nav-next"><?php next_posts_link(); ?></div>
            </div>
            <?php $wp_query = null;
            $wp_query = $temp;
            ?>
    </div><!-- #content -->
 <?php thematic_belowcontent(); ?> 
</div><!-- #container -->

<?php 

// action hook for placing content below #container
thematic_belowcontainer();

// calling the standard sidebar 
thematic_sidebar();

// calling footer.php
get_footer();

?>

Thanks.

Answer 1

Remove $temp = $wp_query; and $wp_query = null.

Then add this between $wp_query=new WP_Query(); and your your call to the query $wp_query->query('posts_per_page=2&cat=7&paged='.$paged);:

global $wp_query, $paged, $numpages;

// How much pages do we have?
$max_page = (int) $wp_query->max_num_pages;

// We need the pagination only if there is more than 1 page
if ( $max_page > (int) 1 )
    $paged = ! $wp_query->query_vars['paged'] ? (int) 1 : $wp_query->query_vars['paged'];

This way your query can recognize if it's currently paged;