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1. iamPariah
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Is there a way to make a single template that applies to a category and all its child templates?

   Thanks!

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I am not 100% sure, but it's worth to take a look at this thread:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/39740

3. leliathomas
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I would assume you just have to use a category template.

   Hope that helps you,
   Lelia Katherine Thomas
   http://www.leliathomas.com

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Maybe I misread the OP, but seeing the words single template I thought it is about the single post view. In which case the category template doesn't work as desired.

5. iamPariah
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   What I'm trying to do is use templates with the proper names (category-#.php where # is the cat ID) to cover each of several categories, but also their child categories. Child categories have their own cat ID numbers, so I'm having trouble making a child use it's parent template.

   For example:
   -------------------------
   ID Name
   -------------------------
   1 Mom Category
   2 -- Little Billy Sub-Category
   5 -- Little Suzi Sub-Category
   3 Dad Category
   4 -- Baby Francis Sub-Category
   -------------------------

   In the above circumstances, I want to create two category specific templates--category-1.php (Mom Category) and category-3.php (Dad Category). These will apply to Mom and Dad, respectively. However, I also need Mom's category-1.php to apply to her children, Little Billy Sub-Category (cat ID 2) and Little Suzi Sub-Category (cat ID 5). Then Dad's category-3.php template covers the Dad Category (cat ID 3) AND Baby Francis Sub-Category (cat ID 4).

   I've got multiple writers working on the system, each assigned to a parent cateogory. They will be adding and removing their sub-categories as needed, but must rely that their sub-categories and individual post pages will use the assets (template, graphics) of their main or parent category.

   Any help on making this one work?

   Thanks!

6. lellie
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I'd love this too - anyone get it to work?

7. tbrams
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I built a similar system for my static pages some time ago.

   See this link: <http://brams.dk/technotes/wordpress/my-first-plugin/> - you should find explanation in the php file as well.

   Kind regards
   Torben Brams

8. lellie
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   not really what I'm looking for but could be helpful - that will allow me to do some of what I wanted to do.. :) thanks

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