Add php to archive loop

[leehughes]

Hi,

I have a line of php which I need to add into my archive files just before the loop. I'm using the Minimum Pro child theme. Since the chile theme doesn't have these files and any future updates on Genesis will wipe out the code if I apply it to the Genesis core files.. what would be the best way to add this code?

[marybaum]

Two ways:

1. Make a copy of the file in the Genesis core files you'd want to add it to, and put that in your Minimum Pro child theme folder, and add your code to the copy of the file.

2. A better way would be to write an action that hooks in before the loop. Look in the Genesis Hook reference to find the name of the hook you need - perhaps genesis_before_loop.

Then write your function something like this:

add_action (genesis_before_loop, yourtheme_archive_before_loop);

function yourtheme_archive_before_loop ( ) {
if ( is_archive ) && ( function_exists( genesis_before_loop ) ) {
//add your code here ;
} }

Put this function in functions.php in your child theme.

Also, my second condition - the stuff in the parentheses after the && - may not be accurate. I humbly would ask a better coder to catch that and fix it, for the edification of us both . . .

Hope this gets you started.

MB

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