Only want one category in carousel

I was attempting to restrict my carousel to only one category in the Infoway theme. I went to frontpage.php and entered the category pets into this code: <p> <?php the category('pets '); ?></p> Now the homepage won't display. I tried to delete it and return to the original code but still the page does not display:
<p> <?php the category(', '); ?></p> Can you help me to show only one category and see below where I may have mistakenly changed the code so it does not display? My website is still in production mode.


<!--carousel slider -->

<?php
query_posts('post_type=post');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$content1 = $post->post_content;
$searchimages1 = '~<img [^>]* />~';
preg_match_all( $searchimages1, $content1, $pics1 );
$iNumberOfPics1 = count($pics1[0]);
$car_img = 'off';
if ($iNumberOfPics1 > 0){
$car_img = 'on';
break;
} else {
$car_img = 'off';
}
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
?>
<?php if ((have_posts()) && post_type_exists( 'post') && (($car_img == 'on') || (has_post_thumbnail()))){ ?>
<div id="carousel-full">
<div class="carousel-posts">
<ul>
<?php
$args = array(
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'order' => 'DESC'
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
?>
<?php while ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<?php
$content = $post->post_content;
$searchimages = '~<img [^>]* />~';
/*Run preg_match_all to grab all the images and save the results in $pics*/
preg_match_all( $searchimages, $content, $pics );
// Check to see if we have at least 1 image
$iNumberOfPics = count($pics[0]);
if (($iNumberOfPics > 0) || (has_post_thumbnail())){
?>
<li>
<div class="thumbnail">
<?php if ((function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())) { ?>
<?php inkthemes_get_thumbnail(200, 140); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php inkthemes_get_image(200, 140); ?>
<?php
}
?>
<span></span>
</div>
<div class="wrap">
<h6> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="infoway Images"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </h6>
<p> <?php the category(', '); ?>
</p>
</div>
</li>
<?php
}
endwhile;
// Reset Query
wp_reset_query();
?>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="carousel-nav"> <a class="prev" href="#"><span>prev</span></a> <a class="next" href="#"><span>next</span></a> </div>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
<!-- /End Carousel -->

 

Hello,
In the carousel you cannot show any particular category post. Download a fresh copy of theme and install theme to make this visible.
Thanks & Regards
Pramod

 

The homepage is now displaying.

I just need to show one blog category and all the posts within the category and exclude the other categories. I searched further and see someone asked this question but I need more info. to make it work. Here is the previous question and answer:

I would like to exclude a specific blog category from the carousel, as i don't want to use images in some blog posts. However if I try to do this then the carousel will stop showing. Is there any way to exclude a category (or even specify a category) for the carousel to use, so we can avoid the 'carousel not showing' issue.

Answer:

Go to front-page.php present in your theme directory and add the code given below
Code:
'category_name'=>'Enter Your Category Name Here'
I tried to do that but nothing happened. I am not that familiar with php. Do I put the code in the carousel section? Can it go anywhere in the section? Is there any special code that needs to precede or end the above line? I am assuming if I put my category name in there, then the other categories will not show?
if I do this, does it mean that the Current News section will only show the one category also?

Thank you for your help.

 

Hello,
Sorry,Unfortunately there in not a way to do this.
Thanks & Regards
Pramod