hiding categories

[ranman]

Hi,

is there any way of hiding (or given the case) disabling categories from the frontpage?

I need to get some names off the frontpage of my blog, but do not want to delete them

Thanks very much

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Yes, either you use the startpage category event plugin (serendipity_event_startcat) or you can install the plugin "Extended properties for entries" which will allow you to hide specific entries from the frontpage through a checkbox on the entry-editing screen.

HTH,
Garvin

[ranman]

Thanks very much Garvin, at was having a look at your suggested configurations, and I wonder if the category name, itself, ca be hidden from the frontpage?
I would like to hide the category name from the frontpage for the general public, therefore to avoid anybody reading its naming

is that possible? any idea?

Thanks very much for all your support. I am using serendipity for several years

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Where do you want to hide the category name? Inside the sidebar "Categories" plugin output? You can configure that plugin and enable the permission checks and change the "Categoreis from" option to read the categories for the "Currently logged in author".

This also requires you to configure each category to be readable only for members. This in turn will not make it possible for usual visitors to view entries from that category, it is now only accessible for logged in authors. In this case, you will not need the "Start PAge Category" plugin.

If you want people to view the category, but only hide it, you can only remove the categories sidebar plugin, use the "Start Page Category" plugin, and build a static HTML list of your category list which you then insert into a HTML nugget sidebar plugin.

Regards,
Garvin

[ranman]

Thanks very much for all your help.
I finally removed the category plugin, therefore, no catgegory name will be visible from now on. (I tried to hide it dragging and dropping but I couldn't manage)

Thanks very much again.