nocturnea

im facing the same problem. i list a monthly archive. AFTER I click a month in my archive list, it will display the entries I made in that month. I want to exclude a certain category from those results.

i would have used

<?php if ( in_category(17) ) {
echo ' <div style="display: none;">';
}
?>

but i still actually want that category of entries to appear for “daily” archives.

you can do it by putting this in your index.php file of your theme:

before your post content:

<?php if ( in_category(17) ) {
echo ' <div style="display: none;">';
}
?>

after your post content:

<?php if ( in_category(17) ) {
echo ' </div>';
}
?>

replace 17 with the id number of the category you want to exclude.

worked like a charm. thanks!