Isolating a Single.php page

  • Resolved ArdorEdor

    (@ardoredor)


    14 years, 9 months ago

    I have a blog on my portfolio site that includes only one category. On the page for the blog there’s a sidebar where I list all of the posts sorted by their title. My problem is that I can’t figure out how to isolate and style a single page specifically for the blog. So for example, when you click on the title on the sidebar it takes you to a generic single.php page, the same one used for other single pages on the rest of the site.. How can I create a single page just for the blog. I tried calling a single-9.php to isolate the category number but it didn’t work. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Jackson Whelan

    (@madjax)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Try the conditional tag in_category

    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Template_Tags/in_category

    Thread Starter ArdorEdor

    (@ardoredor)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Cool thanks! Following off of the link you sent, I’m trying to “Test the current post outside the Loop” using this on my single.php page, but it doesn’t work:

    <?php if ( in_category(‘news’) ) {
    include ‘single-news.php’;
    } else {
    // Continue with normal Loop
    if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();?>

    <?php the_content(); ?>

    Do I need to include this somewhere?:

    <?php in_category( $category, $_post ) ?>

    Thread Starter ArdorEdor

    (@ardoredor)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    This is what I put in the loop and it doesn’t work:

    <?php in_category( $category, $_post ) ?>

    <?php
    if ( in_category(‘News’) ) {
    include ‘single-cat-9.php’;
    } else {
    // Continue with normal Loop
    if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

    } ?>

    <?php the_content(); ?>

    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>

    Thread Starter ArdorEdor

    (@ardoredor)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Figured it out using this widget.. Thanks!

    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/

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