Pagination (Next Pg, Prev Pg...)

[markr]

This problem is haunting me....after much googling and gurgling....still no progress. Working in the original Rev Theme v3.0 in WP 2.6.....but I think that the issue is of a general nature that applies to any theme.

Have a page that paginates fine. Have a category-X.php that does not and redirects to 404. Fiddled with archive.php and wasn't able to paginate that one either....can anyone step in and show me the way?? There's gotta be a way to paginate any page, any time, right, including archive pages, category pages, Yellow Pages....

This code works:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Listings Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content2">
	<div id="contentleft2">
			<div id="listingspage">
			<div class="thumb">
			<h2>Our Featured Properties</h2>
			<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=1&showposts=5&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>
				<div class="thumbleft">
					[img]<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, [/img]" alt="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "Theme Name", true); ?> Thumbnail" />
				</div>
				<div class="thumbright">
					<?php the_title(); ?>
					<?php the_content_limit(300, "Property Details"); ?>
				</div>
				<div style="clear:both;"></div>		
				<?php endwhile; ?>
			

View More Listings – <?php posts_nav_link(); ?></p>	
			</div>
			</div>
	</div>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_post.php");?>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

But this does not:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content2">
	<div id="contentleft2">			
			<?php $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=1&showposts=3&paged=$page"); while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>
			<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
			

<?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?><?php edit_post_link('(Edit)', '', ''); ?></p>
			<?php the_content(__('[Read more]'));?>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>			
			<div class="postmeta">
				

Filed under: <?php the_category(', ') ?>
Tagged: <?php the_tags('') ?></p>
			</div>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			

View More Listings – <?php posts_nav_link(); ?></p>	
	</div>
<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_post.php");?>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>