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# Making Special, Hidden Categories Separate From Your Home Page and Feed
The special hidden category (perhaps for personal, off-topic posts) can have its own feed and template appearance. The posts from this special category also won't appear on your home page, so your readers won't be bothered by your randomness.

For example, in my blog I've just added an [Life category](https://idratherbewriting.com/category/life/) where I write posts unrelated to the established focus of my blog. You won't see my Life posts unless you go to my Shared Info section on my sidebar and click the Tom's Life link.

Rather than manipulating feeds, some people actually have two separate blogs -- one professional, with posts only related to their professional interests. Their other blog is often their personal blog, with random posts on random topics. Some podcast blogs may also have separate sites for their blog and podcast.

However, having separate sites is not ideal — maintaining multiple blogs is actually a serious pain. I know, because I at one time I actually maintained three blogs: this blog, my podcast, and the [Suncoast chapter blog](http://stc-suncoast.org). One blog would receive most of my attention, while the others would be neglected. Each additional blog you have receives less and less care.

To set up a category so that it's separate from the home page and feed, follow each section below.

### 1. Create the New Category

In your admin panel, go to **Manage > Categories** and create the category you want to hide. In this example, we'll call this new category "Life" Look at the ID for the Off Topic category. In this case, it's 35.