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  • July 7, 2013 at 11:16 am #49653
    Jummul
    Member

    I know I'm number thousand to ask this. But I can't figure it out. And it shouldn't be to hard when I see it all over the web, right?

    I'm trying to style my category pages so that they display the featured images from the posts in that category as thumbnails in grid view, with the post name under it.
    For example: http://www.abeautifulmess.com/projects-a-beautiful-mess-diy-index.html

    I've tried every grid plugin and every downloadable page template, but I just can't get the hang of it. Can anybody help me out? I do not want the fancy moves of the Post Tiles plugin for example, I just want titles and pictures 🙂

    July 7, 2013 at 12:16 pm #49661
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Try this plugin http://wordpress.org/plugins/category-grid-view-gallery/

    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

    July 7, 2013 at 12:31 pm #49666
    Jummul
    Member

    Tried it. Next to the fact tat it didn't work there was just oo much mumbo jumbo in the plugin. As I said, I just want pictures and titles. No lightbox or fancy borders 🙂

    July 7, 2013 at 12:56 pm #49668
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Thanks for the feedback on the plugin.

    What i would do is use the portfolio archive page from one of the child themes, (probably minimum) as a category archive page. http://demo.studiopress.com/minimum/portfolio/

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    July 7, 2013 at 1:01 pm #49670
    Jummul
    Member

    hmm. Are there options that don't require me to buy more? 🙂

    July 7, 2013 at 1:05 pm #49672
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Yes. Brian Gardner has already written a post about it which includes the code. Sorry but i cannot find the page in Google.

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    July 7, 2013 at 2:26 pm #49681
    Jummul
    Member

    Neither can I..

    And is it possible to style the category pages in such a way that they only show post excerpts and thumbnails?

    July 8, 2013 at 12:36 am #49763
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    That's easily done using the Genesis > Theme Settings > Content Archives

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    July 8, 2013 at 12:47 am #49765
    Jummul
    Member

    I tought so too. Onyl when I set content archives to "excerpt", my blog itself also shows excerpts.

    I want my blog to show full posts, and all the other pages to show excerpts..

    July 8, 2013 at 3:51 am #49768
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    You'd need a custom blog page template coded so your blog displays full posts and your category archives display excerpts.

    Tutorials for StudioPress Themes.

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