Len

You could do it by using the query_posts function.

<?php query_posts('category_name=CATEGORYNAME'); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php endwhile; ?><?php endif; ?>

where CATEGORYNAME is the actual name of the category. You could also call the category by ID. Instead of using category_name= you would use cat= such as…

<?php query_posts('cat=X'); ?>

where X is the numerical ID of the category.

You’ll have to use your theme’s styling to make it look right.

Here is another option using the get_posts function.

<?php
global $post;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=5&category=4');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>

This will dislay 5 entries from the category whose numerical ID is 4.

Have you resolved this? I just visited your site and everything seems to be working. Front page display posts from various categories and clicking categories brings up the posts associated with them.

I use two –> Akismet and Bad Behaviour. Since I’ve been using them my spam counts have dropped from more than 100 a day to less than half dozen a month.

Akismet comes packaged with WordPress but I gave you the link anyway if for some strange reason you don’t have it.

In case you didn’t know WordPress 2.7 now has a built in core upgrade feature. When an update is available you just “click the button” as you say.

If you can install SVN on your server that’s even easier yet.

This is something all WordPress users should do. I currently have about a dozen local WP installs, most for development/experimenting and one serves as an offline backup of my real blog. I use WampServer on Vista.

Mac users are in luck. The app you’re looking for is MAMP. There is indeed info in the Codex dealing with this topic here.

A word of caution: if you use an index file make sure you don’t use a PHP index file in the plugin directory. It may bork the dashboard.

You need to call the comment form with…

<?php comments_template(); ?>

Compare your theme’s single.php to page.php to see how it is implemented.

When you use the_excerpt() WordPress strips out all formatting. There are two ways to go about this:

1. If you want to keep using the_excerpt() and show images you can do so by using Custom Fields. Take a look at any of the magazine-style themes to see how they do this.

2. Rather than use the_excerpt() you can use the_content(). Then when writing a new post use the “more” tag on the toolbar.