have no time to do a full length pseudo-geeky post now now, but will expand on it after i’ve tested it out. :)

from codex

update: whoops. those two links seem to be for category styling as opposed to having posts from different categories appear differently on the home page.

these two seem to be more of what i’m looking for. Styling Posts by Category and Category-Specific Images, using wordpress categories to style posts

much more complicated too. ;p

deep breath

in the earlier layout, i used wordpress’ built-in Query_posts, placing following syntax into the index.php file of my theme. (whitespace makes no difference.)

<?php
   if (is_home()) {
      query_posts("cat=-23");
   }
?>

but for some reason, this method didn’t work with derek powazek’s awesome minimalist DePo skinny theme (which, if you hadn’t noticed, i’m currently loving).

so, i googled this trick. just pop in

<?php query_posts($query_string . “&cat=-23″); ?>

before the line that says:

< ?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

ta-dah! done.additional: for hemingway reloaded template, insert &cat=-23 into existing query like so

<?php query_posts(‘showposts=10&cat=-23‘); ?>