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1. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   i've searched the forums and did what they said and it works... kind of...

   here's my code

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php query_posts('cat=-4723,-1618'); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <!--BlogStuff-->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   it excludes both the categories, but when i go to /blog/ the first page is blank, i navigate to the next page of posts and there's only one post, then i navigate to the 3rd page and i see 3 posts in a row which is what it should be on all the pages. any idea why it's doing that?

2. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   Actually the issue from above happens when I use the following code:

   ISSUE:
   "it excludes both the categories, but when i go to /blog/ the first page is blank, i navigate to the next page of posts and there's only one post, then i navigate to the 3rd page and i see 3 posts in a row which is what it should be on all the pages. any idea why it's doing that? "

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php if (in_category('4723')) continue; ?>
   <?php if (in_category('1618')) continue; ?>
   <!--BlogStuff-->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   The SECOND ISSUE I GET:
   It excludes the categories properly, but when I navigate to older posts it just keeps showing the same 3 posts over and over no matter how far back I go.

   While using this code:

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php query_posts('cat=-4723,-1618'); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <!--BlogStuff-->
   <?php endwhile; ?>

3. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I tried making a parent category called 'Blog', and putting all my previous blogging categories as child categories under the 'Blog' parent category.

   Then I tried to query the 'Blog' category displaying 3 posts per page...

   Same problem persists.

   It shows the last three posts over and over, no matter what page of posts I navigate to.

4. avato
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I'm having exactly the same problem and can not work out why it's doing it. :/

   Anyone help?

5. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Still haven't figured it out. Will be digging deeper to solve this issue.

6. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
   <?php static $count = 0;
   if ($count == "N") { break; }
   else { ?>
   
   <?php if ( in_category('X') && !is_single() ) continue; ?>
   <?php if ( in_category('Y') && !is_single() ) continue; ?>
   
   <div class="post">
   <?php the_content(); ?>
   </div>
   
   <?php $count++; } ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   The above code doesn't work either! I don't know what to do!

7. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Not sure how you have things setup and what theme your are using...

   To exclude those categories on a blog's index.php, using the WordPress Default theme for example, in the wp-content/themes/default/index.php file, just before the line:
   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

   put this:

   <?php query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-4723,-1618'); ?>

   The query_posts() article explains the arguments in detail.

8. w3dgie
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Thank you so much! It worked perfectly. <3

   Where were you two weeks ago? :P

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