Suppress certain posts from showing in the front page?

Yup. Include this before the loop in index.php

<?php
   if (is_home()) {
      query_posts("cat=-x");
   }
?>

where x is the ID of the particular category.

I can’t seem to find the category IDs in WordPress 2.5… where would I find them?

Nevermind, I figured it out.

seriously, with how useful cat IDs are, hiding them in 2.5 was a really stupid move.

You can get a plugin to put them back if you don’t want to hover over each and check the status bar… but who’s to say the plugin will work 2 versions from now?

maybe i′m being really dense but I tried that code and I just get an error ?? … this is what i have in index.php :

<?php
   if (is_home()) {
      query_posts("cat=-15");
   }
?>
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

britneyspy, you need to add the code to the Main Index Template (index.php) in the Admin control panel > Design > Theme Editor.

Add the code right after <div id="content" class="posts"> so it looks like this: `<div id=”content” class=”posts”>

<?php
if (is_home()) {
query_posts(“cat=-15”);
}
?>
`

Hope this helps!

When I do this, it causes my “Older Posts” button at the bottom of my main page to just keep people on the main page…