how can I get my function to returl all post instead of just one

Hi have this function that is meant to return all the post of category news, the problem is that is only returning one post of that category I want to return all the post.

<?php
//function to display the third last news published
function wptuts_third_last_news_shortcode($atts, $content=null) {
query_posts( 'category_name=news' );   if (have_posts()) :
      while (have_posts()) : the_post();
              $blog_link = get_permalink(); // this si the link
         $return_string =  "<a href=" .$blog_link .">" . get_the_title() . "</a>" ;
      endwhile;
   endif;
   wp_reset_query();
   return $return_string;
}
add_shortcode( 'third_last_news', 'wptuts_third_last_news_shortcode');
?> 

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Hi,
try something like that:

[LEFT][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$return_string[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] .[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace]  [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"<a href="[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$blog_link[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]">"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] get_the_title[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"</a><br />"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace];[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

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instead of:

[LEFT][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$return_string[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace]  [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"<a href="[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$blog_link[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]">"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] get_the_title[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"</a>"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace];[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

Code (markup):

Why?
Because when it is without dot it will be overwriting $return_string variable and returning only one link.

 

Hi thanks that did the trick thanks alot here the whole code in case someone pumbs into it.

<?php 
//function to display all the news titles and link to the story
function wptuts_all_news_titles_shortcode($atts, $content=null) {
query_posts(array('category_name' => 'news', 'order' => 'DESC' , 'offset' => 3)); // offset to skip the first 3 news
   if (have_posts()) :
      while (have_posts()) : the_post();
	 	$blog_link = get_permalink(); // this will get the post url
        $return_string .=  "<p><a href=" .$blog_link .">" . get_the_title() . "</a> </p>" ;
      endwhile;
   endif;
   wp_reset_query();
   return $return_string;
}  
add_shortcode( 'all_news_titles', 'wptuts_all_news_titles_shortcode');
?>

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