Hi Hank - welcome to the forums!

It looks like you've come by some XSLT for the "Legacy Schema" (the format of the stored XML). Since Umbraco 4.5 there's been a much better format, known as "The New Schema", in play. Read more here.

Here's a way to do it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [ <!ENTITY nbsp "&#x00A0;"> ]>
<xsl:stylesheet
    version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:msxml="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
    xmlns:umbraco.library="urn:umbraco.library"
    exclude-result-prefixes="msxml umbraco.library"
>

    <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

    <xsl:param name="currentPage" />
    <!-- Grab the root of the current site -->
    <xsl:variable name="siteRoot" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::*[@level = 1]" />
    <!-- Grab the absolute root -->
    <xsl:variable name="absRoot" select="$siteRoot/ancestor::root" />

    <!-- Input the documenttype you want here -->
    <xsl:variable name="documentTypeAlias" select="'NewsItem'" />

    <!-- Number of News Items to display -->
    <xsl:variable name="itemsToDisplay" select="5" />

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <!-- Use the applicaple root variable here ($absRoot to search entire solution, $siteRoot within current site) -->
        <xsl:for-each select="$absRoot//*[name() = $documentTypeAlias][not(umbracoNaviHide = 1)]">
            <xsl:sort select="@createDate" order="descending" />
            <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $itemsToDisplay">
                <div class="news-item">
                    <div class="news-title"><a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(@id)}"><xsl:value-of select="@nodeName" /></a></div>
                    <div class="news-date"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(@createDate, 'MMMM d, yyyy')" /></div>
                </div>
            </xsl:if>
        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

/Chriztian

Thank you so much! It's working like a charm!

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