cjkorf

I’m still having problems with it. It works one time but not the next couple of times I try to use it.

My site is https://www.chiefswarpath.com. I am not using any caching plugins.

Problem fixed.

Theme Name: WordPress Naked
Theme URI: https://bealers.com/wordpress-naked

The theme is old and I don’t think updated or supported any longer. I have used it for about 5 or 6 years and have never had any problems with it.

Here is my search form:

<div id="search">
			<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/">
			<fieldset>
				<input type="text" size="14" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" />
				<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" />
			</fieldset>
			</form>

I have also added a line of code to my functions.php, to keep certain categories from showing in the search and on my index page. The line of code is:

function remove_my_categories( $wp_query ) {
   // 4 = Site News, 6 = Lead Story
	$remove_cat = '-4,-6';

	// remove from archives (except category archives), feeds, search, and home page
	if( is_home() || is_feed() || is_search() || ( is_archive() && !is_category() )) {
		set_query_var('cat', $remove_cat);
		//which is merely the more elegant way to write:
		//$wp_query->set('cat', '-' . $remove_cat);
	}
}

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'remove_my_categories' );

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Not sure if any of that information helps or not.

I understand what your saying but I have no idea how to go about doing this. I just took the current theme I am using for my website and did the best I could with the knowledge I have. Thanks for your input and suggestions.

Ok, thanks for your help. What I don’t understand is why, even with all these errors, was my site displaying properly and now after upgrading it isn’t? I wasn’t having this problem before I upgraded. It seems like every time I upgrade I have something wrong with my theme or a plug-in that stops working. It’s very frustrating.

Sorry, should have posted that in the first place.

https://www.chiefswarpath.com/news/

anyone?

Thanks. I’ve upgraded now.

Anybody know how or what I need to change in order to make these strange characters disappear on my site’s home page?

Ok thanks for the quick reply, I don’t really understand though. Can I change this somehow to make it work?

Thanks, that was simple enough.