Various methods of using loops and queries within WordPress

category-query.php

<?php query_posts( array( 'category_name' => 'ideas', 'showposts' => 4, 'paged' => get_query_var('paged') ) ); ?>
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
				
		<div class="row">
			<div class="fourteen columns centered">
				<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
						<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
						<div><?php echo nebula_meta('date'); ?></div>
						<p class="postexcerpt"><?php echo nebula_the_excerpt('Read more &raquo;', 30, 1); ?></p>
						<div<?php echo nebula_meta('tags'); ?></div>
				</article>							
			</div><!--/columns-->
		</div><!--/row-->
		
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

cpt-query.php

<?php query_posts('post_type=movie &showposts=6'); ?>
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
		<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
		<?php the_content(); ?>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

multiple-column-query.php

<div class="row">
	<h4>United States &amp; Canada</h4>
	<?php $count = 0; ?>
	<?php query_posts('post_type=wg-distributors &category_name=united-states,canada'); ?>
		<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
			<?php if ( $count%2 == 0 && $count != 0 ) : ?>
				</div><!--/row-->
				<div class="row">
			<?php endif; ?>
                     
			<div class="eight columns">
				<?php if ( the_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
					<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
				<?php endif; ?>
		
				<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
				<?php the_content(); ?>
			</div><!--/columns-->
                         
			<?php $count++; ?>
                         
		<?php endwhile; ?>
	<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div><!--/row-->

standard-page-loop.php

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
		<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
		<div class="entry-meta">
			<hr/>
			<?php nebula_meta('on', 0); ?> <?php nebula_meta('cat'); ?> <?php nebula_meta('by'); ?> <?php nebula_meta('tags'); ?>
		       	<hr/>
		</div>
				
		<div class="entry-content">
			<?php the_content(); ?>
			<?php if ( current_user_can('manage_options') ) : ?>
				<div class="container entry-manage">
					<div class="row">
						<hr/>
						<?php nebula_manage('edit'); ?> <?php nebula_manage('modified'); ?>
						<hr/>
					</div>
				</div>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div><!-- .entry-content -->
	</article><!-- #post-## -->
			
	<?php get_template_part('comments');
			
<?php endwhile; ?>