ok, here is my problem – i got the category pages to work:
https://www.ucc.org/information/?cat=1
https://www.ucc.org/information/?cat=2
https://www.ucc.org/information/?cat=3
but when i click to one of the full stories (in this case in the third category):
https://www.ucc.org/information/?p=3#more-3
I lose the formatting of the category – why is that? and if another template applies here can i create files similar to category-1,2,3.php. It looks like archive.php may be controlling this so can I create archive-1.php, archive-2.pho, etc. This seems a long way around solution – why wouldnt the category templates cover everything posted within them?