More than 10 articles in my main page.. i don't want that..

I'm using a template and I have more than 10 articles in my main page. I only want about 6 articles per page, and I want "next"/"previous" pages links at the bottom of each pages.

How do I do this? Do I need to edit the template? then i'm not too sure about the coding..

 

Are you using Blogger???

 

wordpress,

herei is a coding for the main index template

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

<div class="post">

    <?php if ($single) { ?>
    <p class="cmeta"><?php previous_post('% |','','yes') ?> <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a> <?php next_post('| %','','yes') ?></p>
    <?php } ?>

   <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?>
         <h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

    <div class="storycontent">
                <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>
    </div>

    <div class="feedback">
            <?php _e("Cat:"); ?>&nbsp;<?php the_category() ?>&nbsp;| <?php _e("Time:"); ?>&nbsp;<?php the_time() ?>&nbsp;(UTC+8)&nbsp; <?php edit_post_link(); ?>
            <?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
            <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>

    </div>

    <!--
    <?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
    -->

    <?php if ($single) { ?>
                <p class="postmetadata alt">
                                This entry was posted
                                <?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
                                        You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
                                        http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/08/17/time-since-plugin/ */
                                        /* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
                                on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
                                and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>.
                                You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php comments_rss_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.

                                <?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
                                        // Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
                                        You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(display); ?>">trackback</a> from your own site.

                                <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
                                        // Only Pings are Open ?>
                                        Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(display); ?> ">trackback</a> from your own site.

                                <?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
                                        // Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
                                        You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

                                <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
                                        // Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
                                        Both comments and pings are currently closed.

                                <?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry.','',''); ?>

                </p>
    <?php } ?>


        <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

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

 <?php get_footer(); ?>

Code (markup):

 

admin-options-reading-show at most
should help

 

fixed* rep'd