querySingle("SELECT count(*) FROM news");
$results = $db->query("SELECT id,title,date,abstract,body FROM news ORDER BY date DESC");
$page = (isset($_GET["page"])) ? intval($_GET["page"]) : 1;
$selected_item_id = (isset($_GET["item"])) ? intval($_GET["item"]) : NULL;
$items_per_page=8;
$max_page=ceil($total_items/$items_per_page);
for($i=0;$i<($page-1)*$items_per_page;$i++)$results->fetchArray();
$i=0;
?>