siamesecat

Yes, I tried that and the only way I was able to get it to work was by repeating the bit of code before the loop twice. Like this:

<?php
// we add this to show all posts in a categoy sorted alphabetically
if (!is_category('Soldiers by Unit'))
{
     $posts = query_posts($query_string .
'&orderby=title&order=asc&posts_per_page=-1');
}
if (!is_category('Soldiers by Surname'))
{
     $posts = query_posts($query_string .
'&orderby=title&order=asc&posts_per_page=-1');
}
// here comes The Loop!
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

And then the subcategories still did not alphabetize themselves. But now I notice that you have an exclamation mark in your bit of code. When I add that to my code (as above), all my posts alphabetize correctly. However, then there is a problem with the home page. I have the home page set up to display the category “frontpage” only. When I include the exclamation marks in the code above, the frontpage category does not display on my home page but the subcategories are alphabetized. When I remove the exclamation marks, the home page is fine but the subcategories do not display.

Here is the bit of code from the book that I am using to display “frontpage” category posts on the home page:

<?php if (is_home())
{
	query_posts("category_name='frontpage'");
        $homepage= true;
}
?>

It seems that it is getting overwritten?