Individual design for single posts in different categories

  • Resolved Filia Libri

    (@filia-libri)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    Hey,

    I’m trying to figure out how to make individual designs for single posts in different categories.
    What I mean is that I have like ten categories (id 1-10) and want that, if I view a single post from category 1, the sidebar no. 1 appears and the prev and next post links link to posts that are also in category 1 while if displaying a post from category 2,3 or 8 the links should link to the previous and next post that belongs to one of those categories and that no sidebar gets displayed. And if I view a post that belongs to any other category the links should also be accordingly and sidebar no. 2 should be displayed.
    I have no idea how to accomplish that, everything I tried out ended with either a syntax error or a time out…
    It would be great if anyone has understood what I mean and could provide me with a helpful code ??

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  • You want to edit the single.php or the sidebar.php depending on where these links are located.
    create a section that query’s the cat:
    <div id=”show-links”>
    <!–php magic–>
    </div>
    Is_category
    `
    <?php
    if ( is_category(‘1’) { ?>
    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <p><?php the_title(); ?></p>
    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
    <?php }
    else if( is_category(‘2’)){ ?>
    <!–Have Fun–>
    <?php } ?>

    You want to edit the single.php or the sidebar.php depending on where these links are located.
    create a section that query’s the cat:
    <div id=”show-links”>
    <!–php magic–>
    </div>
    Is_category

    <?php
if ( is_category('1') { ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<p><?php the_title(); ?></p>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php }
else if( is_category('2')){ ?>
<!--Have Fun-->
<?php } ?>

    Not sure if that’s exactly right but puts you in the right direction

    Thread Starter Filia Libri

    (@filia-libri)

    Yeah, that’s what I tried… I edited the single.php but it didn’t work. I didn’t even try to do it with three different ifs (which I would need) because two already turned out impossible and didn’t show anything but fatal errors and script time outs ??

    I had to do that with is_page for a website give it a try, should work just fine

    Thread Starter Filia Libri

    (@filia-libri)

    Won’t work:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<div id="single-reviewpost">
			<?php if ( is_category('&cat=348, 347, 353, 408, 296, 215') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'review' ); ?>
	</div><div id="single-newspost">
			<?php } else if ( is_category('&cat=540') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
	</div><div id="single-blogpost">
			<?php } else if ( is_category('&cat=-540, -348, -347, -353, -408, -296, -215') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'blog' ); ?>
	</div><?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    Won’t work either:

    <div id="single-reviewpost">
<?php if ( is_category('&cat=348, 347, 353, 408, 296, 215') ) { ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'review' ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
	</div><div id="single-newspost">
<?php } else if ( is_category('&cat=540') ) { ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
	</div><div id="single-blogpost">
<?php } else if ( is_category('&cat=-540, -348, -347, -353, -408, -296, -215') ) { ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'blog' ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
	</div><?php } endif; ?>

    Both won’t show any errors but will simply display nothing…
    Most likely what I tried isn’t even possbile but I don’t have a clue…

    Thread Starter Filia Libri

    (@filia-libri)

    Oh, I got it ??
    This seems to work just fine:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<div id="single-reviewpost">
			<?php if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=348, 347, 353, 408, 296, 215') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'review' ); ?>
	</div><div id="single-newspost">
			<?php } else if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=540') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
	</div><div id="single-blogpost">
			<?php } else if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-540, -348, -347, -353, -408, -296, -215') ) { ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
					<?php get_sidebar( 'blog' ); ?>
	</div><?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    I’m sure there are more elegant ways to do this but I’m happy that I got it to work out at all so for now I’m happy with this ??

    LOL yeah its not always pretty but sometimes those ugly hacks are needed to get projects finish. i say get it out first then prioritize making it better

    That may be a bit cleaner, you only need to exit the php to execute the html

    <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="single-reviewpost">
<?php if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=348, 347, 353, 408, 296, 215') ) {
get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' );
get_sidebar( 'review' ); ?>
</div><div id="single-newspost">
<?php } else if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=540') ) {
get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' ); ?>
</div><div id="single-blogpost">
<?php } else if ( query_posts($query_string . '&cat=-540, -348, -347, -353, -408, -296, -215') ) {
get_template_part( 'loop-single', 'single' );
get_sidebar( 'blog' ); ?>
</div><?php }endwhile; endif; ?>

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