Thanks Shane, custom pages/post/category/archive template pages are not what I am looking for though.
What I am trying to do is on the main page of the blog only. Typically a blog will list your posts via date sequence not paying attention to the category. I would like to create a loop so that it still functions as it normally should (display posts in sequential format), however query the category at the same time and if it is a particular category display the excerpt only. All other posts would be displayed as normal full posts except said category.
I hope this is a bit more descriptive. I find it a bit difficult to explain when I have a vague idea of what’s going on 😛
I think found something that is similar to what I want to accomplish, only this one is display based upon count of posts.. I guess I could change the post_count to category or something similar.
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php if (($wp_query->post_count) > 1) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!– Do your post header stuff here for excerpts–>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<!– Do your post footer stuff here for excerpts–>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!– Do your post header stuff here for single post–>
<?php the_content() ?>
<!– Do your post footer stuff here for single post–>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php else : ?>
<!– Stuff to do if there are no posts–>
<?php endif; ?>
The Loop article has an example of styling a post differently based on category which is pretty much what you are trying to do:
Thanks Michael, that’s an even better example than I had found!
