This is a valuable line of code. It cost me about 45 minutes.
The code is for use in a WordPress footer. (Altho it could be used in a sidebar, too.) It displays a list of blog posts, limited to 7; but in ascending order, with the oldest date at the top of the list.
<?php query_posts('showposts=7&order=ASC'); if (have_posts()) : ?>
The reason for needing to display a list with the oldest first has to do with creating a kind of chapters-in-a-book sequence...... but beyond that, it's a long story.
This post at BlogMum was the key: http://blogmum.com/2009/04/how-to-list-oldest-posts-first/
