<ul><li class="latest_news"><ul><h2><?php _e('Latest News'); ?></h2><!--This will show the last 10 posts, including the last one. To change the number of post shownedit the 'nuberposts=x' to whatever value you want, and to skip the last one (or last 2, 3, etc.) increase the value of 'offset=x' (default is "0" so it will start by the last post)--><?php $posts = get_posts('numberposts=3&offset=0&category=26'); foreach ($posts as $post) :?><li><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --><br /><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a><?php the_excerpt(__('(more...)')); ?></li><?phpendforeach;?></ul></li>