<?php query_posts( array( 'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' ), 'cat = -10' ) ); ?>
Thanks for your reply esmi, but category 10 is still showing up in the main feed when I do it that way. I think I’m getting closer, using some info from that link, alchymyth, but not quite there yet. I’ve excluded category 10, but now the posts are showing up in reverse order (by date, oldest to newest). So I tried this:
<?php query_posts( array( 'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ), 'paged' => get_query_var( 'paged' ), 'orderby' => 'date', 'order' => 'ASC', 'category__not_in' => array( 10 ) ) ); ?>
Still not affecting the order, whether I use ASC or DESC Showing up oldest-to-newest. I’m sure I’m missing something simple?
The main feed? Are we talking about an RSS feed or a posts page?
Sorry, main “posts page,” as in the main blog home page. I know I’m probably using incorrect terms!
Yeah, I’ve tried both ASC and DESC in that position, but it doesn’t change anything. The posts still show up oldest-to-newest. Weird.
Is this the only query on the page or do you have other loops running?
So nothing in other template files on the same page – such as sidebar.php, header.php etc?
No, I even did a multi-file search of all the MAIN template files, as well as the CHILD template files (which I’m working on), and that is the ONLY instance of query_posts. It appears in home.php, and nowhere else :/
Is this a custom page template?
no, it’s a standard page template, and that’s the only line I’ve edited on that page.
where did you download the theme from?
It’s from Theme Hybrid http://themehybrid.com/
Maybe I should start in their Forum next, and see if I can get something there…
