Creating a custom category template

[michaeloeser]

Hi everyone,

I haven´t worked with Genesis for a while and now I need to create a custom category template for a new Genesis child theme. In a former child theme (XHTML syntax) I used a file category-big-data.php (for the category "big-data" obviously) with this code:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>
<div id="content-sidebar-wrap">

	<?php genesis_before_content(); ?>
	<div id="content" class="hfeed">

		<?php genesis_before_loop(); ?>
        <!-- Category sponsoring Logo or Banner -->
         <div align="left"><a href="http://applications.teradata.com/automotive/home/.ashx" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.automotiveit.eu/shared-assets/subnets/logo-terradata.jpg" /></a></div> 
        
		<?php $i=1; if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); // the loop ?>

			<?php genesis_before_post(); ?>
			<div <?php post_class(); ?>>
                            
				<?php genesis_before_post_title(); ?>
				<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
				<?php genesis_after_post_title(); ?>

				<?php genesis_before_post_content(); ?>
				<div class="entry-content">
				<?php
					if(genesis_get_option('content_archive') == 'full') :
						the_content(__('[Read more...]', 'genesis'));
					else :
					if(genesis_get_option('thumbnail'))
					genesis_image(array('format' => 'html', 'size' => genesis_get_option('image_size'), 'attr' => array('class' => 'alignleft post-image')));
					the_excerpt();
					endif;
				?>
				</div><!-- end .entry-content -->
				<?php genesis_after_post_content(); ?> 
                
                	<?php if($i == 3 ) : ?>
			<!-- Banner 2 -->
    	<?php
 			// Include the category rectangle (or other) ad
			  	//include(CHILD_DIR.'/inc/plm-ad.php'); 
			 	 ?>
    
	<?php endif; ?><!-- end if Abfrage für Banner -->

			</div><!-- end .postclass -->
			<?php genesis_after_post(); ?>

		<?php $i++; endwhile; // end of one post ?>
		<?php genesis_after_endwhile(); ?>

		<?php else : // if no posts exist ?>
		<?php genesis_loop_else(); ?>
			<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'genesis'); ?></p>
		<?php endif; // end loop ?>
		<?php genesis_after_loop(); ?>

	</div><!-- end #content -->
	<?php genesis_after_content(); ?>

</div><!-- end #content-sidebar-wrap -->
<?php genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Now I need to use a similar category template with the latest Genesis version and a HTML 5 child theme. Where do I get the code that is used to output a category archive? Or in other words what´s the best way to create custom category archive templates (I might need a few of them).

Thanks
Michael

[David Chu]

Michael,
Interesting question. I make loads of types of templates, but I haven't had the need for a category template yet. I may have handled that type of thing with hooks and filters. 🙂

So you have plenty of Genesis code, but want the HTML5 version. Interesting!

Apart from converting ID's to classes and manual stuff like that, I wonder if this might give you a nice tidy base for that.

Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[michaeloeser]

Thanks David. I guess that already helps me.

Cheers
Michael

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