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I am using WordPress since centuries >;o))
Love the new version – no problems so far, many widgets running…

BUT, I have only peripheral knowledge of PHP (just enough to edit what′s necessary).

I′m stuck on this:
I have Categories with child categories.
Clicking on the parent category should list posts from that only, NOT from the child cats.
I am trying and reading support now for days, don′t get it running.
I use the standard formula in page.php
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”entrytext”>
<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this page »</p>’); ?>
<?php link_pages(‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘</p>’, ‘number’); ?>
</div>
<?php edit_post_link(‘Edit this entry.’, ‘<p>’, ‘</p>’); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>`

Great thanks in advance – save me from complete desperation!
eliZZZa