Link Categories

Hi all,

I ran into a problem while trying to create my own template for site.

I want to have 4 different link categoires (ie. blogs, forums, CSS Sites, design Sites), then I want to be able to show a list of recent link entries on the front page, but I only want to include the first three link categories

Is this possible? is there a way I can exclude a specific category in a list?

I tried looking for a plugin in google or just a workaround, but cant find one.

any responce would be great.