<?php $posts=query_posts($query_string . '&orderby=asc&posts_per_page=5'); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?$content = get_the_excerpt();
echo substr($content, 0, 200);
global $post;
$text = $post->post_excerpt;?>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>

  <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>