Custom Category Blog Page

[Veit]

Hi guys,

I need some help... I want to customize the category pages for our custom theme.

I understand that we can create custom pages and define which category we want to display on a Blog Page, but then I have 2 category pages going - the Blog Page version, plus the other http://www.domain.com/category/category-name/ page as well.

So I have 2 questions;

1. can I just set up a bunch of Custom Blog Category pages, and then redirect the default category pages to the custom ones?

If so, how would I go about doing that?

2. can I customize the standard category page template somehow?

If so, how would I do that?

Also, where can I tell WP or Genesis only to display and exert of the post, not the entire post on the category page?

Thanks for your help,
Veit

[Brad Dalton]

Create a custom archive or custom category pages using the WordPress template hierarchy for naming and then the SP code snippets. http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/

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[Veit]

Thanks for that! Now, I have a category.php file there, but WP doesn't use it.

Does it need to be in the child or in the genesis folder? And what lead in does it need at the top?

Thanks!

[Brad Dalton]

but WP doesn’t use it

Sorry but i don't follow?

In the child theme.

Use the SP Code Snippets.

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[DTHkelly]

Perhaps start with some category/archive tutorials.

http://my.studiopress.com/tutorials/category-blog-page/

http://sridharkatakam.com/?s=category+archive

https://yoast.com/wordpress-archive-pages/

http://www.carriedils.com/custom-page-template-genesis/

[vandalais]

When you use the reveal ID plugin it shows the page id. Is there a way to show the category id? When I use the StudioPress instructions it doesn't seem to work. Should we now be using category_name?

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[Summer]

The template hierarchy is determined by WordPress not by StudioPress, and the easiest place to find the category number is in the Posts > Categories panel... hove over the category as if you were going to edit it (or just edit it), and you'll see the number you need.

Did you name your template following the conventions in the Codex?

I can confirm that using both category-ID.php and category-slug.php work just fine in Genesis child themes... have been using them for years 🙂

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[Brad Dalton]

This is what i use http://wpsites.net/wordpress-tips/create-custom-category-archive-page-template/

You can find the category I.D from the page source code or hover over the delete/edit category in the backend.

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