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1. tkhobbes
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hi all

   A very simple question - I have three main categories on my blog - with some subcategories each.

   I have created 3 category templates, thus - 1 for each main category.

   What I want to achieve is
   1) when a sub-category page is displayed, the template for it's main-category is used
   2) when a specific post is displayed, the template for it's main category is displayed

   So - if I have "main-cat 1" with "sub-cat-1a" - when displaying the "sub-cat-1a" page, it should actually use the "main-cat 1" template.

   And when displaying a post that is in "sub-cat-1a" or one that is in "main-cat 1", again it should be displayed using the "main-cat 1" template.

   How do I achieve this?

   Thanks!

   thomas

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 9 months ago #

   1.Use Parent Category Template
   2. Not what you wanted but allows a template per post.
   http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2009-February/011188.html

3. tkhobbes
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Thanks - the first bit is exactly what I need. I will make sure to have only 1 level of subcategories to have it work.

   However, about the second one, this is a great start, but unfortunately not exactly what I need... is there really no possibility in displaying the template of a parent category for any given post?

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