Ignacio Nelson

thanks a lot for your help!
i finally solved it.

if someone needs to do this, here´s the solution.
i was using k2 as theme, so i made a new template file like this:

<?php /*
	Template Name: Category id 5
*/ ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="content">
	<div id="primary">
		<div id="current-content" class="hfeed">

		<?php query_posts('cat=5&showposts='.get_option('posts_per_page')); ?>

		<?php include('theloop.php'); ?>

		</div> <!-- #current-content -->

		<div id="dynamic-content"></div>
	</div> <!-- #primary -->

	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div> <!-- .content -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

as you can see, i used the query_posts to limit it to category 5. then, i created a new page in wordpress that is almost empty, but on the bottom i selected this template file.

as easy as that!

it worked like a charm!!!
aahhhhhhhhh what a relief

there´s only one more thing i´d like to do but it will sound like throwing a bomb here. i apologize in advance for such a php newbie question…

now i finally have the index showing all posts from today using your code. and then there comes the loop itself to style and show each post.
can i make it so:

first 3 news
<?php this style (the complete theloop.php one) ?>

next 10 o 15
<?php this style (less stuff than the other) ?>

all others
<?php this style (title only) ?>

maybe it´s some code after
if ( have_posts() ) {
?

Nope, just didn´t work. It displayed a number only. Maybe k2 functions are messing with that. Looks like i have no luck on this matter 🙁