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Sorry if I’ve missed something simple, but is there a way to show entries that are not categorized without using a hard coded category=“not id1|id2|etc” parameter? I would like the client to be able to add categories, but also allow any entries not categorized to show up in a misc section. I can always just add a misc category, but I wanted to see if this was doable.

Depending how you have thinsg set up you could use the category_group parameter to include or exclude a whole group of categories.

This would list all entries not in category group ID2

{exp:channel:entries channel="mychannel" category_group="not 2"}
Uncategorised entries
{/exp:channel:entries}

This would list list all entries that have been assigned a category from group ID2

{exp:channel:entries channel="mychannel" category_group="2"}
Categorised entries
{/exp:channel:entries}

You could run a conditional in your listings template to test whether a category is being called, eg

{if segment_2 != "category"}

  {exp:channel:entries channel="mychannel" category_group="not 2"}
  Uncategorised entries
  {/exp:channel:entries}

{/if}

{if segment_2 == "category"}

  {exp:channel:entries channel="mychannel" category_group="2"}
  Categorised entries
  {/exp:channel:entries}

{/if}