Okay, so I edited the following file: wpbook/theme/index.php
Right after the start of the loop (line 100 I think) I placed the following code:
<?php if (in_category('6')) { continue; }
elseif (in_category('7')) { continue; } ?>
This caused all posts in categories 6 and 7 to be passed up. They will not be displayed on my Facebook app. Now, to remove them from the list of recent posts, I “borrowed” some code from this thread (thanks ldexterldesign!!)
In essence, I replaced this:
<div class="box_head clearfix">
<h3 class="wpbook_box_header">
<?php _e('Recent Posts'); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_recent_posts(10); ?>
</ul>
</div>
with this:
<div class="box_head clearfix">
<h3 class="wpbook_box_header">
<?php _e('Recent Posts'); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php
$recentPosts = new WP_Query();
$recentPosts->query('showposts=5&cat=-6,-7');
while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) :
$recentPosts->the_post();
?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
</div>
So if anyone sees anything weird here that looks incorrect or inefficient, I would love to hear your thoughts. Also there is one more thing to be changed (a big one). All categories are still showing up in the list of recent posts in my profile box. The above code only works when visiting the app itself. If anyone has any thoughts on how to remove categories from the profil box, I would appreciate it. Thanks!
