custom themes for different category types

  • techhnyne

    (@andrewpina)


    14 years ago

    hey everyone.
    if someone could help me out and link me to a tutorial or tell me how to have a custom theme for specific category types.

    i tried the custom post type UI plugin but that does not help me because i have many of already published posts in a certain category that i only want to change the looks of the pages containing to that category only.

    thanks for any help

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  • Thread Starter techhnyne

    (@andrewpina)

    anyone can help?

    Thread Starter techhnyne

    (@andrewpina)

    seriously does WP community suck this bad people dont help support?

    dragonsjaw

    (@dragonsjaw)

    Does this help?

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Category_Templates

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    You can’t have different Themes for different categories; however, you can define different template files for each category, within a single Theme.

    You can have separate template files, such as “category-foo.php” (for category “foo”), that will enable you to customize the layout and output for category “foo”).

    Also, when viewing the category index, the CSS class “category-foo” is applied to the BODY tag, which will enable you to customize the CSS for the index page for category “foo”.

    And finally: please bear in mind that everyone who posts on these forums is a volunteer. You are not entitled to replies, prompt or otherwise. Please be respectful.

    Thread Starter techhnyne

    (@andrewpina)

    thanks chip

    i had created a file called single-equipment.php using that codex documents but it did not work

    i am looking to create a single post layout that only refers to posts in the equipment category, not looking to style the equipment category itself

    not sure what needs to be done but i cant seem to find it anywhere.
    I can although style pages and use the equipment.php file to style the page but thats all it does

    Chip Bennett

    (@chipbennett)

    If the category is “equipment”, then your template file needs to be named “category-equipment.php”.

    For customizing the output of single.php per-category, you’ll have to use conditional tags within single.php itself.

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