Only showing 1 categories posts on index?

The_Loop#Exclude_Posts_From_Some_Category explains excluding all but one Category so you could use that thinkg to just include posts from one Category.

Thanks for the response, but how would I go about implementing this to ONLY the root index?

example: https://www.mysitehere.com/blog/

becuase if i go to:

https://www.mysitehere.com/blog/?cat=3

I still want to see posts from category three, I only want this to apply to the index. :-/

I do this on my site. I created a home.php file that only pulls posts from one category.

The down side: I’m having trouble with my RSS only pulling updates to that one category. I’m working on a new home.php that will add links to the five or six most recently added or updated posts in every category, excluding the one I use for my main page.

Clear as mud?

clear as mud is a good way to put it.

I didn’t like your idea, so I tried putting the following my header.php file:

<?
$cat = $HTTP_GET_VARS[‘cat’];
$p = $HTTP_GET_VARS[‘p’];
if (($cat==null)&&($p==null)) { header(“location: https://g1c9.com/?cat=1&#8221;);exit; }
?>

but now I’m getting a 403 forbidden error, and without the exit; i get a “Redirection will never complete” error..

Why isn’t this working..?

Anyone got any ideas…?

Is this code example, derived from The_Loop#Exclude_Posts_From_Some_Category, useful?

<?php if ( (in_category('3') && is_home()) ) { ?>

With a little bit of toying, I got it to work.

Thanks a lot guys, especcially you michael.

PS: I ended up making a function for the whole post loop and then calling it at two different times with different arguments depending on weather its the home page or not.