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Child Category to use different template than parent category (3 posts)

  1. harjeet singh
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hi All,

    I am trying to create some custom pages for a wordpress blog where for one of my parent category i want to show just category names of the child categories. That works fine using this code...

    <?php if ( is_category(3) ) { wp_list_cats('child_of=3&title_li='); } ?>

    Next when i click the child categories i want to have a different template to show posts that are in child category of parent category 3.

    I hope its not much confusing...

  2. harjeet singh
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Achieved what was required using this code ...

    <?php $this_category = get_category($cat); ?>
    <?php if ($this_category->category_parent == 0) { ?>

    <?php $this_category->category_parent = $cat; ?>
    <?php } else { ?>
    <?php $parent_category = get_category($this_category->category_parent); ?>

    <?php
    $pid=$parent_category->cat_ID;
    if ($pid=='3')
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/custom_cat.php');
    else

    ?>

    But i am not sure if this is the right way to do .... plz provide suggestions

    Original topic for the code is ...

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/234220?replies=4

  3. harjeet singh
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Hey plz someone help ! This isn't working properly. Only works for the first child category...

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