Custom body class for specific categories and archives

[Gina]

I have this code working for the most part to add a custom body class to specific categories:

/* add a custom body class */ 
add_action( 'body_class', 'ilwp_add_my_bodyclass'); 
function ilwp_add_my_bodyclass( $classes ) { 
 if ( is_category( array(parish-plan,residential-emergency-planning,business-emergency-planning,evacuation-guidelines) ) ) 
   $classes[] = 'hsep'; 
 return $classes; 
}

However I need to add something to the effective of else...don't add that custom body_class to any other category but I cannot figure out the proper syntax. I thought this code would add the hsep body class to only those categories but unfortunately it has also been added to random other categories so I'm guessing I need an else statement.

http://plaqueminesparish.com/wp/homeland-security-emergency-preparedness/

[Victor Font]

is_category tests whether you are displaying a category archive or not. If the page isn't a category archive, it will always return false. Looking at your menu in source code, I only see four category archive pages that are being displayed. These pages are Latest News, Media, Parish Plan, and Evacuation Guidelines. All four have the hsep class added at the end of the body class list. This means that is_category is returning true for all categories and is not honoring the array list. The probable reason the array is not being honored is because you haven't properly delimited your strings with quotes.

/* add a custom body class */ 
add_action( 'body_class', 'ilwp_add_my_bodyclass'); 
function ilwp_add_my_bodyclass( $classes ) { 
 if ( is_category( array('parish-plan','residential-emergency-planning','business-emergency-planning','evacuation-guidelines') ) ) 
   $classes[] = 'hsep'; 
 return $classes; 
}

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Victor
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[Gina]

Thank you so much! I have definitely looked at this too long and was not seeing the obvious. That took care of my problem.

My problem was, Latest News & Upcoming Events were NOT supposed to have the hsep body tag.

I really appreciate your time looking at this!!!!!!

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