Having trouble excluding categories on Worpress home page.
I have been trying to exclude posts from certain categories from appearing in the main section of my home page but I haven't been able to get it right.
The page has two sections where "the loop" is invoked, plus it has three sidebars, a left, a middle, and a right.
The feature section uses the loop, and then the section between the left sidebar and the middle sidebar uses the loop. I would like to exclude the posts that appear in the featured section (cat_ID=1) from appearing in this second loop. You can see my site at Consultant Supply Room | Consultant Supply Room
My "home.php" code is pasted below. Will someone take a look and advise me where to make changes.
Many thanks,
Kirk
<? include_once('http://consultantsupplyroom.com/traffic/log.php'); ?> <?php global $wp_theme_options; ?> <?php get_header(); ?> <!--Feature Posts--> <div id="feature" class="clearboth"> <?php $i = 1; $my_query = "cat=" . $wp_theme_options['feature_cat'] . "&showposts=2"; $my_query = new WP_Query($my_query); ?> <?php while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <?php if($i == 1 && image_attachment('feature', 475, 250, FALSE)) { image_attachment('feature', 475, 250); } ?> <div class="<?php if ($i == 1) { echo "left"; } elseif ($i == 2) { echo "right"; } ?>"> <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3> <!--post meta info--> <div class="meta-top"> <span class="meta-author"><i>by <?php the_author_link(); ?></i></span> <!-- The author's name as a link to his archive --> <span class="meta-date"><?php the_time('l \a\t g:i a') ?></span><!-- the timestamp --> </div> <!--post text--> <!-- Begin KW mod --> <!-- p --><!-- ?php nr_content_limit(550,''); ? --><!-- /p --> <?php the_content('', 'FALSE', ''); ?> <?php if(strstr($post->post_content,'<!--more')) { //if the story has the more tag... ?> <div class="post-more"> <!-- a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" --><!-- Want to read more? Click Here »» --><!-- /a --></div> <?php } ?> <!-- End KW mod --> <div class="post-more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Click here to read more »»</a></div> </div><!--End left or right div--> <?php if(image_attachment('feature', 475, 250, FALSE)) { break; } ?> <?php $i = $i + 1; endwhile; ?> <div class="clearboth"></div></div> <!--include sidebar--> <?php get_template_file('l_sidebar.php'); ?> <div id="content"> <!--include tabber--> <?php get_template_file('jtabber.php'); ?> <?php $q = "cat=-" . $wp_theme_options['feature_cat'] . ",-" . $wp_theme_options['sidenotes_cat'] . "&showposts=3"; query_posts($q); ?> <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); // the loop ?> <div class="post clearboth"> <!--post title as a link--> <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3> <!--post meta info--> <div class="meta-top"> <span class="meta-author"><i>by <?php the_author_link(); ?></i></span> <!-- The author's name as a link to his archive --> <span class="meta-date"><?php the_time('l \a\t g:i a') ?></span><!-- the timestamp --> </div> <!--post text with the read more link ... sorta--> <?php the_content('', 'FALSE', ''); ?> <?php if(strstr($post->post_content,'<!--more')) { //if the story has the more tag... ?> <div class="post-more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Want to read more? Click Here »»</a></div> <?php } ?> </div><!--End post--> <?php endwhile; // end of one post ?> <?php else : // do not delete ?> <h3>Page Not Found</h3> <p>We're sorry, but the page you are looking for isn't here.</p> <p>Try searching for the page you are looking for or using the navigation in the header or sidebar</p> <?php endif; // do not delete ?> <!--index.php end--> </div> <!--include m_sidebar--> <?php get_template_file('m_sidebar.php'); ?> <!--include r_sidebar--> <?php get_template_file('r_sidebar.php'); ?> <!--include footer--> <?php get_footer(); ?>
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