[funkydunk]

Okay,

your php script should be:

<?
// amendments by funkydunk.net 2003
// this file to be included in customer/home.php using include "./thisscript.php";

$SQLCon = "SELECT title,ID,description,category,date FROM articles WHERE visible = 1 AND date<=NOW() AND category<>10 ORDER BY date DESC, ID DESC LIMIT 7 "; 
$newsItems = func_query($SQLCon); 

$smarty->assign("newsItems",$newsItems);
?>

This shoudl be included in customer/home.php

Then in your template:

{section name=news loop=$newsItems} 
Title: {$newsItems.title}
 
{/section} 

should be changed to:

{section name=news loop=$newsItems} 
Title: {$newsItems[news].title}
 
{/section}