start with default category

Yes.
In your index.php you want to add this code:

<?php
/* Don't remove this line. */
// Here is where you specify the category of your new page, my example is "11" but it can be any cat or "p"ost you choose.
$cat="11";
// here's where you inform this new index where the admin stuff is the ../ says go back a folder
require('../wp-blog-header.php');
?>

happy to provide an effective answer in the face of feeling quite stupid lately…
dss

I added that code,
but now it wont let me switch to the other categories

Had the same problem. I added the following in wp-blog-header.php at ca. line 70 (before the comment line // Sending HTTP headers)
if (empty($cat)) {
$cat = '1';
}
Works for me, hasn’t broken anything yet.

miik,
in my case posting the default category to the wp-blog-header.php file works fine when viewing the site but breaks the admin section.
if I add the code
if (empty($cat)) {
$cat = ‘1’;
}
and open the Edit page in Admin, only posts belonging to category with ID = 1 appear on the page.
any solution to this?
Thanks!

My solution is a workround i.e. just enter an “a” in the “Show Posts That Contain…” box. All the posts then show up for editing.
Not ideal but seems to work….
David