Hello,
I'm trying to do this kind of a set up:
If this category is a child of 'category x' use 'template-x', otherwise use the default template.
I've looked at is_category, and is_ancestor() for reference, but am not sure how to utilize them for this specific purpose (is_cateogry has served me well in the past). Can someone offer some suggestions? The big thing is that I don't want to manually update an array of categories. Just a simple: if the user makes a category and its the child of X, use X to display it.
Thank You.
Nadine.
method 1:
find parent cat of the category, compare with ID of category x:
<?php
$cat_obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
$thisCat = get_category($cat_obj->term_id);
$parentCat = get_category($thisCat->parent);
$catx = 32;
if($parentCat->term_id == $catx) :
echo 'method 1 - child of x'; //get template x
endif; ?>
method 2:
get direct child categories of category x as IDs into array, use in 'is_category()':
`<?php
$kitten = array();
$catx = 32;
$cats = get_categories('parent='.$catx);
foreach($cats as $cat) {
$kitten[] = $cat->term_id; } ;
if( is_category( $kitten ) ) :
echo 'method 2 - child of x'; //get template x
endif; ?>
Thank you! That bottom one worked out quite well for me.
