connorlowe

It must have been bad syntax. This got it working:

$args=array(
	'cat'=> '54',
	'tag__not_in' => array('57')
);

$activeProjects = new WP_Query();
$activeProjects->query($args); 

if($activeProjects->have_posts()) : while($activeProjects->have_posts()) : $activeProjects->the_post();

I am also having this problem. I am curious if it has to do with using the WP_Query object, as I also am.

$slug = basename(get_permalink());

$activeProjects = new WP_Query();
$activeProjects->query('tag__not_in=57&category_name='.$slug); 

if($activeProjects->have_posts()) : while($activeProjects->have_posts()) : $activeProjects->the_post();

Well, I seem to have fixed the problem. It seemed to be a problem with my permalink structure.

It was like this:
/%pagename/%category%/%postname%

And I changed it to this:
/%category%/%postname%

Not sure that I fully understand why that effected the templating… but, hey, whatever works.