How to get post into homepage? - wordpress

Question

Hi all I am a new of wordpress,I use theme wordpress foundation, When I post sth, in my homepage can not see post ,and I try to write code in my homepage to get post but still can not see post,How can I do ,and here is my code:
page.php
<?php
/*
* Template Name: Page - Events Page
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content-events">
<div id="head-event"><h3>EVENTS</h3></div>
<div id="main-event">
<?php
$args = array(
'cat' => '5',
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 8,
'paged' => ( get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1),
);
query_posts($args);
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="part-event">
<div id="entry-thumbnail">
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
</div>
<div id="event-dess">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p>
<?php
$content = get_the_content();
$content = strip_tags($content);
echo substr($content,0,300)." . . . ";
?>
</p>
<div id="read-more">Read More</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="line-bottom"></div>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
</div>
<div id="page-gina">
<?php
wp_pagenavi();
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Help me please !!!

Answer 1

<?php
/*Template Name: homepage template
*/
get_header();
?>
<?php
$args = array(
'cat' => '3',
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 8,
'paged' => ( get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1),
);
query_posts($args);
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="part-event">
<div id="entry-thumbnail">
<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
</div>
<div id="event-dess">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p>
<?php
$content = get_the_content();
$content = strip_tags($content);
echo substr($content,0,300)." . . . ";
?>
</p>
<div id="read-more">Read More</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="line-bottom"></div>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Note: In dashboard,
i)Create page called Home,
ii)Same page right side template list shown assign homepage template,
ii)In Settings->Reading->Assign front page.