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1. waveminded
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Is it possible when displaying a category to have one post, for example "a disclaimer" or description about the category to always appear at the top of the query, then then posts below it appear chronologically?

2. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Absolutely. In WP Admin -> Manage -> Categories write a description for each category. To display it, use Template_Tags/category_description in your theme somewhere.

3. waveminded
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   i am so stoked for this feature.

4. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   If you're curious to see an example, check out the orangish box at the top of this category on my site:

   http://adambrown.info/b/widgets/category/kb-backtick-comments/

5. waveminded
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Is there anyway to have the category description disappear when going to the next page?

6. waveminded
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   How do you make the category description go away after its displayed once?

7. Adam Brown
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   You would need to send a custom cookie to the browser the first time somebody views a category, then check for that cookie on future visits.

   Cookies can get tricky. If you've not worked with them before, start with some googling.

8. lettuce1001
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi! I'm kind of confused... where in the theme code should you put the
   <p><?php echo category_description(3); ?></p>

   THANKS!

9. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   In the Category_Templates.

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