Custom loop on Category pages

[lsnoei]

I would like my Genenis Child theme to have a custom loop on Category Pages.
I tried this (in functions.php):

if ( is_category() ) {
remove_action('genesis_loop','genesis_do_loop');
add_action('genesis_loop','custom_loop');
}

function custom_loop() {
while(have_posts()) : the_post();
echo '<div class="loopthumbnail">'. the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail') .'</div>';
echo '<div class="loopdate">'. the_date() .'</div>';echo '<div class="looptitel"><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.get_the_title().'</a></div>';
echo '<div class="loopexcerpt">'. the_excerpt() .'</div>';
endwhile;
}

If I remove the category-condition, it works. Only then it works throughout the site, whilst I want it to work only on category pages. Hope someone can help.

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[Summer]

Do not place it in functions.php. Create a new template called category.php, put the code for the loop in the new template.

After that, every category defined by your site would use that custom loop.

Read more about WordPress templates here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

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[lsnoei]

Hi Summer, thank you for taking the time to help me. It worked. I wil now try to figure out how to customize my new category page into a design that I like. Slowly I'm learning.

[Summer]

You're welcome... glad it worked!

I guess I'm just old school. I think everyone should learn the different templates... it keeps functions.php uncluttered 🙂

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Slice of SciFi | Writers, After Dark

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