<?php /* Template Name: homepage */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id="content">

		<div class="padder">

		<?php do_action( 'bp_before_blog_page' ); ?>

		<div class="page" id="blog-page" role="main">

			<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

				<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

				<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

					<div class="entry">

						<?php the_content( __( '<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page →</p>', 'buddypress' ) ); ?>

						<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><p>' . __( 'Pages: ', 'buddypress' ), 'after' => '</p></div>', 'next_or_number' => 'number' ) ); ?>

						<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit this page.', 'buddypress' ), '<p class="edit-link">', '</p>'); ?>

					</div>

				</div>



			<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

<ul id="latestnews">
            <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=bodyboard&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>

 <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=sup&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>



  <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=longboarders&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>

  <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=shortboarding&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>

  <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=fit&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>

  <li>

<?php query_posts('category_name=windsurfers&showposts=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
  // do whatever you want
?>
<b><a>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
 </li>
</ul>
		</div><!-- .page -->

		<?php do_action( 'bp_after_blog_page' ); ?>

		</div><!-- .padder -->

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

	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>``
and here is my css:`#latestnews li
{
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 20px;

}

#latestnews li a
{
	color:#FC0;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#latestnews li a:hover
{
	color: #00F;
	text-decoration:none;
}`