Posted 3 years ago #
Hey guys,
I'm wondering if it is possible to make a sub category follow the template of its parent?
I have category-4.php for example which will hold the template for the relevant category, but there are a fair few sub categories within that category which need to use the category-4 template...
is this possible? without a decent solution I will have to copy and paste the category-4.php template code to all the relevant sub category template files :(
any ideas?
Looks like there might be a plugin to help with that:
http://pluginscatalog.com/plugins/elevate-parent-category-template.html
Found that with this search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+use+parent+template+for+child+category
Posted 3 years ago #
ahh great, that has done the job nicely :)
now what i need to do next, and i have a feeling this wont be as easy as the first problem, is to make it so that when tags are clicked they also use that category-4 template...
what i am doing is creating a portfolio, which you can filter by client (which is what i did above, the clients were in sub folders and used the parent categories template) but you can also filter by service (website, logo etc) which i have put into tags...
so when a tag is clicked, i need the same effect as clicking a client only the structure is different...
i couldn't actually think of a much better way of doing this, but any help would be appreciated...
Might have to use a Tag Template that includes the category-4.php template.
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-4.php'); ?>
Posted 3 years ago #
once again worked a treat, hats off to you good sir ;)
Thank you.
Posted 3 years ago #
ThankS moderator!
i used "Elevate Parent Category Plugin" for similar purpose
http://pluginscatalog.com/plugins/elevate-parent-category-template.html
but still have One problem
by using this plugin page title , heading etc. all change to parent category name
(this plugin replace the child categ with its parent categ & use that template for child )
i want to use child category page title & headings
but child categ only uses template of parent..
HELP please !
Hmm - maybe look at Use Parent Category Template plugin
Posted 3 years ago #
thankx a LoT! :)
Problm solved
I want similar Function for Single posts also
i.e. to use parent template single-catid.php while viewing single post for child category
now i use single-catid.php for each child categ.
how can i add that function ?
this function add to use_parent_category_template.php
or another file for that purpose ?
is it correct:
function use_single_parent_template() {
if ( !is_category() || is_404() ) return; // we only care about category views
$cat = get_query_var('cat');
$category = get_category ($cat);
if ( !($category) ) return; // no category with which to work
if ( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-' . $category->cat_ID . '.php') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-' . $category ->cat_ID . '.php');
exit; }
elseif ( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-' . $category->category_parent . '.php') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-' . $category->category_parent . '.php');
exit; }
}
add_action('template_redirect', 'use_single_parent_template');
?>
Posted 3 years ago #
@Michael
one more issue there?
when i use plugin described here
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/MyPlugins
in use_parent_category_template.php
its working gr8 for parent category template
my custom fields in the posts disappeared
but when i try after disable this plugin custom field appears again
i use this code for custom field
<?php $songkey=get_post_meta($post->ID, 'music_song', true);
<?php echo $songkey; ?>plz suggest to resolv this problm?
thankx in advance
Posted 3 years ago #
Is it possible to do this with pages and subpages rather than with posts and categories?
Posted 3 years ago #
Anyone figured out the problem with the disappearing custom fields, using the elevate plugin?
Thanks!
Arnii
Posted 2 years ago #
You dont need plugin, just use a few codes at the functions.php
I've found in this article:
http://brassblogs.com/blog/making-child-categories-recognize-parent-displays
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