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1. Begin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i want to make wordpress use a specific template
   for all sub-categories in a specific category.

   i think it can be done with a conditional that
   that says: if parent category is...
   then use this template...

   does is one know if there is a way to do that?

   thank's

2. Christian Schenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Have you had a look at the conditional tags? The function is_category should help you here.

3. Begin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I did, but isnn't that check's what is the category it self,
   and not it's parent category?

4. Christian Schenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Oh sorry, didn't notice that you wanted the parent category. What about this?

   <?php
   $category = get_the_category();
   if ($category->category_parent == 42) {
   # use special template
   }
   ?>

5. Begin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't know it dosen't work,
   I need to put it in the "category.php"
   like that:
   

   <?php
   $category = get_the_category();
   if ($category->category_parent == 9) {
   # use special template
   }
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-9.php'); ?>
   ?>

   right?

6. Christian Schenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Put the line with the call to include inside the if statement - between the curly brackets - and remove the extra "<?php"/"?>" from this line.

7. Begin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Oh im so stupid, you right,

   But it's still dosen't work,
   it looks likt that now:
   

   <?php
   $category = get_the_category();
   if ($category->category_parent == 9) {
   include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-9.php');
   }
   ?>

   right?

8. Christian Schenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hm, have you read this? Maybe you just need to name the file with the above snippet right.

9. Begin
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I did read it,
   but that means I need to make php files
   for all the categorys...

   There must be another easy way to that, don't you think?

10. Begin
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I think i got a solution,
    it's not so simple, but what can i do... ?!

    it's here:
    http://brassblogs.com/blog/making-child-categories-recognize-parent-displays

    if any-one intrested...

    anyway thank you very much chschenk !

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