functions.php

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Classic_Theme
 */

automatic_feed_links();

if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar(array(
        'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</li>',
        'before_title' => '',
        'after_title' => '',
    ));

    function exclude_category($query) {
        if ( $query->is_home ) {
            $query->set('cat', '-3, -4');
        }
        return $query;
        }
    add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'exclude_category');

    add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

    function get_the_news ($more_link_text = '(more...)', $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
        $content = get_the_content($more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file);
        $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
        $content = str_replace(']]>', ']]&gt;', $content);
        return $content;
    }

?>