wordpress - Paginate On Custom Page Template -

i not quite understand wordpress. maybe stupid question.

i create custom page, blog name. blog posts entered. want ask how create pagination << pre [1] [2] [3] ... next >> , post number determined settings> reading> blog pages show @ .... post.

this code.

<div class="page-content">   <?php     $paged = (get_query_var('page')) ? get_query_var('page') : 1;     $args_recent_posts = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'paged' => '$paged');     $loop_recent_posts = new wp_query( $args_recent_posts );       if ( $loop_recent_posts->have_posts() ) :         function the_excerpt_max_charlength($charlength)           {             $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();             $charlength++;              if ( strlen( $excerpt ) > $charlength )               {                 $subex = mb_substr( $excerpt, 0, $charlength - 5 );                 $exwords = explode( ' ', $subex );                 $excut = - ( strlen( $exwords[ count( $exwords ) - 1 ] ) );              if ( $excut < 0 )               {                  echo mb_substr( $subex, 0, $excut );               }             else               {                 echo $subex;               }                 echo '...';               }             else               {                 echo $excerpt;               }           }         while ( $loop_recent_posts->have_posts() ) : $loop_recent_posts->the_post();   ?>   <div class="entry-item">     <div class="entry-image-col1">       <div class="ch-item chi-mg">         <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail( 'page-image-1' ); } ?>         <div class="ch-info"> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="detail">see full post</a> </div>       </div>     </div>     <div class="entry-info-col1">       <div class="entry-meta">         <div class="entry-date">           <?php the_time('j m'); ?>         </div>         <div class="entry-author">author : <span>           <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>           </span></div>         <span class="entry-comment">comment : <span>         <?php comments_number( 'no', 'one', '%' ); ?>         </span></span> </div>       <div class="entry-content">         <div class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">           <?php the_title(); ?>           </a></div>         <p><?php echo substr(get_the_excerpt(), 0,250); ?></p>         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="link"><?php echo __( 'read more &raquo;'); ?></a> </div>     </div>   </div>    <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>   <div class="navigation">     <div class="alignleft">       <?php next_posts_link('« older entries') ?>     </div>     <div class="alignright">       <?php previous_posts_link('newer entries »') ?>     </div>   </div> </div> 

i hope helps me. thank you.

use wp paginate - it's incredibly easy use.