diff --git a/classes/ComicPressAdmin.inc b/classes/ComicPressAdmin.inc
index 7b5017a..8beda33 100644
--- a/classes/ComicPressAdmin.inc
+++ b/classes/ComicPressAdmin.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
    */
   function init() {
 		$this->comicpress = &ComicPress::get_instance();
-		
+
 		add_action('admin_menu', array(&$this, 'admin_menu'));
     add_filter('attachment_fields_to_edit', array(&$this, 'setup_comic_metadata_buttons'), 10, 2);
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
               . ']" value="'
               . $index
               . '" /></label>';
-              
+
     return $content;
   }
-  
+
   function comicpress_display_attached_images($content, $post_id) {
     $content = '<form method="post">'
              . '<input type="hidden" name="cp[_nonce]" value="'
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
              . __('Change image ordering', 'comicpress')
              . '" />'
              . '</form>';
-    
+
     return $content;
   }
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
                           . $label
                           . '</label>';
     }
-    
+
     $form_fields['comic_image_type'] = array(
       'label' => __("Comic Image Type", 'comicpress'),
       'input' => 'html',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
                 . '</em>'
       );
     }
-    
+
     return $form_fields;
   }
 
@@ -143,14 +143,13 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
    */
   function render_admin() {
     $nonce = wp_create_nonce('comicpress');
-    $root_categories = $this->get_root_categories();
 		$storyline = new ComicPressStoryline();
 		$storyline->normalize();
 		$storyline->read_from_options();
 
-    include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/partials/options-admin.inc'); 
+    include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/partials/options-admin.inc');
   }
-	
+
 	function _render_admin_storyline_tree($node, $parent_id = "0") {
 	  foreach ($node as $category_id => $children) {
 			$category = get_category($category_id);
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
 			echo '</div>';
 		}
 	}
-  
+
   /**
    * Render the comic image ordering interface.
    */
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
 
     $uploading_iframe_ID = (int) (0 == $post_ID ? $temp_ID : $post_ID);
     if (is_numeric($override_post)) { $uploading_iframe_ID = $override_post; }
-    
+
     $comic_post = new ComicPressComicPost(get_post($uploading_iframe_ID));
     $ordering = $comic_post->normalize_comic_image_ordering();
 
@@ -202,52 +201,6 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get all categories with a parent ID of 0.
-   * @return array All root categories.
-   */
-  function get_root_categories() {
-    $root_categories = array();
-    foreach (get_all_category_ids() as $id) {
-      $category = get_category($id);
-      if (!empty($category)) {
-        if ($category->parent == 0) {
-          $root_categories[] = $category;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return $root_categories;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create &lt;option&gt; elements for each of the provided categories.
-   * @param array $categories The categories to display as either IDs or category objects.
-   * @param int $selected_id The category to mark as selected.
-   * @return string The category options as HTML.
-   */
-  function create_category_options($categories, $selected_id) {
-    $output = array();
-    if (is_array($categories)) {
-      $final_categories = array();
-      foreach ($categories as $category) {
-        if (is_numeric($category)) {
-          $result = get_category($category);
-          if (!(is_a($result, "WP_Error") || empty($result))) {
-            $final_categories[] = $result;
-          }
-        }
-        if (is_object($category)) {
-          $final_categories[] = $category;
-        }
-      }
-
-      foreach ($final_categories as $category) {
-        $output[] = '<option value="' . $category->term_id . '"' . (($category->term_id == $selected_id) ? ' selected="selected"' : '') . '>' . $category->name . '</option>';
-      }
-    }
-    return implode("\n", $output);
-  }
-  
   /**
    * Create a dimension selector.
    * @param string $root The field name root.
@@ -256,7 +209,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
    */
   function create_dimension_selector($root, $dimension) {
     $output = array();
-    
+
     $parts = explode("x", $dimension);
     foreach (array(
       'width' => __('Width', 'comicpress'),
@@ -264,7 +217,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
     ) as $id => $name) {
       $dim = array_shift($parts);
       if (!empty($dim) && !is_numeric($dim)) { $dim = ""; }
-      $output[] = '<label>' . $name . ': <input type="text" name="' . $root . '[' . $id . ']" value="' . $dim . '" size="4" />px</label><br />';       
+      $output[] = '<label>' . $name . ': <input type="text" name="' . $root . '[' . $id . ']" value="' . $dim . '" size="4" />px</label><br />';
     }
     return implode("\n", $output);
   }
@@ -283,7 +236,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
   function handle_update_attachments() {
     foreach ($_POST['attachments'] as $post_id => $settings) {
       if (isset($settings['comic_image_type'])) {
-        update_post_meta($post_id, 'comic_image_type', $settings['comic_image_type']); 
+        update_post_meta($post_id, 'comic_image_type', $settings['comic_image_type']);
       }
       if (isset($settings['auto_attach']) && isset($settings['post_parent'])) {
         $media_post = get_post($post_id);
@@ -292,7 +245,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Update ComicPress options.
    */
@@ -303,14 +256,6 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
     foreach ($this->comicpress->comicpress_options as $option => $value) {
       if (isset($info[$option])) {
         switch ($option) {
-          case 'comic_category_id':
-            if (is_numeric($info[$option])) {
-              $result = get_category($info[$option]);
-              if (!(is_a($result, 'WP_Error') || empty($result))) {
-                $this->comicpress->comicpress_options[$option] = $info[$option]; 
-              } 
-            }
-            break;
           case 'comic_dimensions':
           case 'rss_dimensions':
           case 'archive_dimensions':
@@ -330,20 +275,12 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
                   }
                 }
               }
-              
+
               if ($is_valid) {
                 $this->comicpress->comicpress_options[$option] = implode("x", $dim_parts);
               }
             }
             break;
-          case 'blogpost_count':
-            $this->comicpress->comicpress_options[$option] = (int)$info[$option];
-            break;
-          case 'comic_space':
-          case 'category_usage':
-          case 'layout';
-            $this->comicpress->comicpress_options[$option] = $info[$option];
-            break;
           case 'helpers':
           case 'addons':
             foreach ($info[$option] as $type => $set) {
@@ -366,9 +303,9 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
       require_once(ABSPATH."/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/spellchecker/classes/utils/JSON.php");
       $j = new Moxiecode_JSON();
       return $j->decode($string);
-    } 
+    }
   }
-  
+
   function handle_update_comic_ordering() {
     if (is_numeric($_POST['post_ID'])) {
       if ($post = get_post($_POST['post_ID'])) {
@@ -429,7 +366,7 @@ class ComicPressAdmin {
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Create the dropdown for choosing a layout.
    */
diff --git a/classes/partials/options-admin.inc b/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
index 9912fc6..86accba 100644
--- a/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
+++ b/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <td>
 					<input type="hidden" name="cp[storyline_order]" />
 					<div id="storyline-sorter" class="cp-children">
-	          <?php 
+	          <?php
 							$this->_render_admin_storyline_tree(reset($storyline->get_simple_storyline()))
 						?>
 					</div>
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
           </td>
         </tr>
       <?php } ?>
-      <tr>
-        <th scope="row" valign="top"><?php _e("Number of blog posts on home page", 'comicpress') ?></th>
-        <td>
-          <input type="text" name="cp[blogpost_count]" value="<?php echo $this->comicpress->comicpress_options['blogpost_count'] ?>" size="3" />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
     </table>
     <h3><?php _e('Admin Options', 'comicpress') ?></h3>
     <table class="widefat fixed">
@@ -64,11 +58,11 @@
           <td>
             <?php
               foreach ($this->all_addons as $addon) {
-                if (!empty($addon->name)) {                
+                if (!empty($addon->name)) {
                   $enabled = ($addon->is_addon_manager !== true);
                   $checked = $enabled && $this->comicpress->comicpress_options['addons'][$addon->name];
                   ?>
-                  
+
                   <label>
                     <input type="checkbox"
                            name="cp[addons][<?php echo $addon->name ?>]"
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@
             ?>
           </td>
         </tr>
-      <?php } ?>      
+      <?php } ?>
     </table>
     <input class="button" type="submit" value="<?php _e('Submit Changes', 'comicpress') ?>" />
   </form>
diff --git a/test/ComicPressAdminTest.php b/test/ComicPressAdminTest.php
index ff309eb..d3945a5 100644
--- a/test/ComicPressAdminTest.php
+++ b/test/ComicPressAdminTest.php
@@ -10,98 +10,22 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
     $_POST = array();
     $this->admin = new ComicPressAdmin();
   }
-  
-  function providerTestGetRootComicCategories() {
-    return array(
-      array(array(), array()),
-      array(
-        array(
-          array('id' => 1, 'parent' => 0),
-          array('id' => 2, 'parent' => 1)
-        ),
-        array(1)
-      )
-    );
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * @dataProvider providerTestGetRootComicCategories
-   */
-  function testGetRootCategories($categories, $expected_result) {
-    foreach ($categories as $category) {
-      add_category($category['id'], (object)$category);
-    }
-    
-    $result_ids = array();
-    foreach ($this->admin->get_root_categories() as $category) {
-      $result_ids[] = $category->term_id;
-    }
-    
-    $this->assertEquals($expected_result, $result_ids);
-  }
-
-  function testCreateCategoryOptions() {
-    add_category(1, (object)array('name' => 'test-one'));
-    add_category(2, (object)array('name' => 'test-two'));
-    
-    foreach(array(
-      array(1,2),
-      array(get_category(1), get_category(2))
-    ) as $category_test) {
-      $source = $this->admin->create_category_options($category_test, 1);
-      
-      $this->assertTrue(($xml = _to_xml($source, true)) !== false);
-      
-      foreach (array(
-        '//option[@value="1" and @selected="selected"]' => "test-one",
-        '//option[@value="2"]' => "test-two",        
-      ) as $xpath => $value) {
-        $this->assertTrue(_xpath_test($xml, $xpath, $value), $xpath);
-      }
-    }
-  }
 
   function testCreateDimensionSelector() {
     $source = $this->admin->create_dimension_selector("test", "760x340");
-    
+
     $this->assertTrue(($xml = _to_xml($source, true)) !== false);
-    
+
     foreach (array(
       '//input[@name="test[width]" and @value="760"]' => true,
       '//input[@name="test[height]" and @value="340"]' => true,
     ) as $xpath => $value) {
-      $this->assertTrue(_xpath_test($xml, $xpath, $value), $xpath);      
-    }    
+      $this->assertTrue(_xpath_test($xml, $xpath, $value), $xpath);
+    }
   }
- 
+
   function providerTestHandleUpdate() {
     return array(
-      array(
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1),
-        array('comic_category_id' => 2),
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1)
-      ),
-      array(
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1),
-        array('cp' => array(
-          'comic_category_id' => 2),
-        ),
-        array('comic_category_id' => 2)      
-      ),
-      array(
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1),
-        array('cp' => array(
-          'comic_category_id' => "cat"),
-        ),
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1)      
-      ),
-      array(
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1),
-        array('cp' => array(
-          'comic_category_id' => 3
-        )),
-        array('comic_category_id' => 1)      
-      ),
       array(
         array('comic_dimensions' => '150x150'),
         array('cp' => array(
@@ -138,26 +62,25 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
   function testHandleUpdate($original, $change, $new) {
     $this->admin->comicpress = $this->getMock('ComicPress', array('save', 'init'));
     $this->admin->comicpress->comicpress_options = array(
-      'comic_category_id' => 1,
       'comic_dimensions' => '760x',
       'rss_dimensions' => '350x',
       'archive_dimensions' => '125x'
     );
     $this->admin->comicpress->comicpress_options = array_merge($this->admin->comicpress->comicpress_options, $original);
-    
+
     add_category(2, (object)array('name' => 'test'));
-    
+
     $_POST = $change;
 
     if (isset($_POST['cp'])) {
 	    $this->admin->handle_update_comicpress_options($_POST['cp']);
     }
-	    
+
     foreach ($new as $key => $value) {
       $this->assertEquals($value, $this->admin->comicpress->comicpress_options[$key]);
     }
   }
-	
+
   function providerTestUpdateAttachments() {
     return array(
       array(
@@ -187,7 +110,7 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
             'post_parent' => 0
           ),
         ),
-      ),  
+      ),
       array(
         array(
           'post' => array(
@@ -204,9 +127,9 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
           ),
         ),
       )
-    ); 
+    );
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * @dataProvider providerTestUpdateAttachments
    */
@@ -225,20 +148,20 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
           break;
       }
     }
-    
+
     $_POST = array(
       'attachments' => array('1' => $changes)
     );
-    
+
     $this->admin->handle_update_attachments();
-    
+
     foreach ($expected_settings as $settings_type => $settings) {
       switch ($settings_type) {
         case "post_meta":
           foreach ($settings as $key => $value) {
             $this->assertEquals($value, get_post_meta(1, $key, true));
           }
-          break; 
+          break;
         case "post":
           $post = get_post(1);
           foreach ($settings as $key => $value) {
@@ -247,7 +170,7 @@ class ComicPressAdminTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   function providerTestHandleUpdateOverridePartial() {
     return array(
       array(