Strange front page issue with wp_list_cats()

Which one? The default?

No, category 5, and it isn’t the default category.

Okay, I tried to narrow the problem down, and it seems that this is causing the category to be marked as selected. Is there something wrong in the code perhaps?

<?php query_posts('showposts=3&cat=5'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

‘showposts=3&cat=5
show 3 posts — from cat with the ID 5

this means all of the 3 posts are only from cat 5 and so cat 5 is the selected cat

it is logical

regards
Monika

Yes, I guess it’s logical, but howcome it’s affecting the list which is outside the loop? Is there a way of getting around this?

Just to give you guys an update, if ever there is anyone else with the same issue:

I’m pretty amazed that I figured this out, even though I have no idea if this is a good “solution” or not. I simply added this snippet of code just before where the category list appears:

<?php query_posts('cat=-0'); ?>

Voilà!