Doodlebee

YES! You are a HERO. Thank you SO MUCH!

Actually, I can’t on a forum like this – it’s for a client, and NDA and all that. But I was just wondering if this was some bug that I’ve come across because I’m currently poring over the code trying to figure out how to fix it. it’s really bizarre. I know how the forum feels about paid-for clients, but I figured this was worth mentioning because someone who’s *not* doing this for a client might have the same issue.

What’s the default behaviour of WordPress search? A comma-separated list of category id’s?

Yes. When I remove your plugin, the comma-separated values do, indeed do exactly what they are supposed to. When I reactivate the plugin, it ignores all the IDs save the first one.

>>WordPress search actually works, it’s a process of fixing things that people tell me to fix. This is one of those.<<

Okay, well I’ll change my vote form “doesn’t work” to “works (because truly, it *is* a terrific plugin) and this is obviously some kind of bug. I’ve been working on it myself, though – so if I figure anything out, I’ll pass the info to you.

Thanks so much!

Okay, I think I’ve got it sorted. I still need to work out some kinks with the layout, but it seems to be working – my associated Pages/categories are using the same template that’s set for the Page.

Anyway, the function I used to make it work:

function find_template() {
	global $wpdb, $post;
	$where = where_are_we();
	if(is_category()) {
	  $desc = get_category($where)->description;
	  $page = get_page_by_title($desc);
	  $pageID = $page->ID;
	  $template = get_post_meta($pageID, '_wp_page_template', true);
	  $templatepath = get_query_template('page', $template);
	}
	return $template;
}

then, at the very top of my index.php file:

<?php $template = find_template();
        if ($template) {
		  locate_template($template, true);
        } else {
        	get_header();
        	get_sidebar();  ?>

So far it’s working just fine. I just have some layout issues to address. And again, the “where_are_we()” function I used up there is a custom written function to check to see where we are, and grab the ID of the topmost parent/category.