Loop not showing up on page template

Question

I have a page template and on the page I have a loop such as:

query_posts('post_type=post&posts_per_page=5&paged='.get_query_var('paged')); 
if(have_posts()){
    while(have_posts()){
        the_post();
        the_title();
    }
}

The problem is that no posts are coming back when there should be about 5 or 6. Is there something wrong?

Answer 1

Firstly, use WP_query instead of query_posts:

Secondly, for (static) pages use the variable 'page' (not 'paged').

$my_query = new WP_query( 'post_type=post&posts_per_page=5&paged='  .get_query_var('page') );
if ( $my_query->have_posts() )  while( $my_query->have_posts() ) :
    $my_query->the_post();
    the_title();
endwhile;