priority while displaying displaying categories – certain categories first

Hi,

I want to display certain categories first while displaying all the categories on the frontpage. Any idea is greatly appreciated.

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<?php
$paged = is_front_page() ? get_query_var( ‘page’ ) : get_query_var( ‘paged’ );
$args[‘paged’] = $paged;
$args[‘post_type’] = ‘coupons’;
if(isset($_GET[‘sort’]) && $_GET[‘sort’] == ‘popular’) {
$args[‘orderby’] = ‘comment_count’;
$args[‘order’] = ‘ desc’;
}
elseif(isset($_GET[‘sort’]) && $_GET[‘sort’] == ‘thumbs’) {
$args[‘gdsr_sort’] = ‘thumbs’;
$args[‘sort_order’] = ‘ desc’;
$args[‘meta_query’] = array(
array(
‘key’ => ‘_single_date’,
‘value’ => strtotime(“now”),
‘compare’ => ‘>=’,
‘type’ => ‘UNSIGNED’
)
);
}
elseif(isset($_GET[‘sort’]) && $_GET[‘sort’] == ‘expiring’) {
$args[‘meta_query’] = array(
array(
‘key’ => ‘_single_date’,
‘value’ => strtotime(“now”),
‘compare’ => ‘>=’,
‘type’ => ‘UNSIGNED’
)
);
$args[‘meta_key’] = ‘_single_date’;
$args[‘orderby’] = ‘meta_value’;
$args[‘order’] = ‘asc’;
}
if(isset($_GET[‘categories’]) || isset($_GET[‘min’]) ) {
if(isset($_GET[‘categories’]) && count($_GET[‘categories’]) > 0)
$args[‘category__in’] = $_GET[‘categories’];
$min = (int)$_GET[‘min’];
$max = (int)$_GET[‘max’];
$minarg = strtotime(“now”) + $min * 86400; //converting days to timestamp
$maxarg = strtotime(“now”) + $max * 86400; //converting days to timestamp
$args[‘meta_query’] = array(
array(
‘key’ => ‘_single_date’,
‘value’ => array( $minarg, $maxarg ),
‘compare’ => ‘BETWEEN’,
‘type’ => ‘UNSIGNED’
)
);
}
else {
$categories = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_coupons_categories’, true);
if($categories)
$args[‘category__in’] = $categories;
}
query_posts($args);
?>

<div class=”stripe-regular”></div>
<div class=”stripe-regular”></div>

<div class=”coupon-wrapper”>
<div class=”coupon-result”>
<?php _e(‘Нийт купон, Offers & Deals :’, ‘Couponize’);?>
<span><?php echo $wp_query->found_posts . ‘ ‘;?></span>
</div>
<div class=”stripe-regular”></div>

<?php
if(have_posts() ) : while(have_posts() ) : the_post();
$thumb = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID) );
$discount = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_single_discount’, true);
$date = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_single_date’, true);
$code = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_single_code’, true);
$url = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘_single_url’, true);
$daysleft = round( ($date-time()) / 24 / 60 / 60);
$categories = get_the_category();
$category = ”;
if($categories) {
$category = $categories[0]->name;
}
?>
<div class=”coupon”>
<?php if($thumb != ”) { ?>
<div class=”coupon-top”>
<figure>
“><img src=”<?php echo aq_resize($thumb, 300, 200, true); ?>” alt=”<?php the_title();?>”>
</figure>
<div class=”coupon-title”>
“><?php truncate_title(15);?>
</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<div class=”coupon-bottom”>
<div class=”coupon-offer”>
<?php echo substr($discount, 0, 15);?>
</div>
<div class=”coupon-date”>
<?php
if($date == ”)_e(‘Х?чинтэй’, ‘Couponize’);
else if($daysleft <= 0) _e(‘Дууссан’, ‘Couponize’);
else echo sprintf( _n(‘%d day left.’, ‘%d Хоног ?лдсэн.’, $daysleft, ‘Couponize’), $daysleft );
?>
</div>
</div>