mithrustt

Yeah, I figured this out a few days ago and forgot to post back saying how.

Basically, I took the single.php and put this code in:

<?php
 if ( have_posts() ) { the_post(); rewind_posts(); }
 if ( in_category(25) || in_category (26) || in_category (27) || in_category (28) || in_category (29) || in_category (30) || in_category (31) || in_category (32) || in_category (33) || in_category (34) || in_category (35) || in_category (36) || in_category (38) ) {
 include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/singlereview.php');
 } else {
 include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/singlepost.php');
 }
 ?>

Then I just created the two new templates and styled them the way I desired. Quite easy, actually, and once you get the basic code for one alternate template, it’s really easy to do it for more.

I hope this helps anyone else looking for an answer to a similar question.

OK, I’ve switched that first bit of code with this, however, I still don’t know where I should be putting it, as everywhere I’ve tried messes stuff up.

<?php
$post = $wp_query->post;
if ( in_category('25') ) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/singlereview.php');
} else {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/single.php');
}
?>

Alright, so I tried to just edit my singlepost.php instead so that if it was a post in a certain category, it shows up as such, and if it was another category, it shows up a different way, and every other category shows up as such. But it doesn’t do what I have set up as a test.

http://think-theory.com/test-review/

Instead of showing the text ‘this is a test review’ or showing the addthis image and links beside that, it should say ‘This is some generic text to describe all other category pages, I could be left blank.’ This is the code I’ve used, which I got from the codex:

<?php if (is_category('reviews')) { ?>
<p>This is some generic text to describe all other category pages,
I could be left blank</p>
<?php } elseif (is_category('special reviews')) { ?>
<p>This is the text to describe category B</p>
<?php } else { ?>

<div id="post">

            	<?php the_content('<p>Continue reading this post</p>'); ?>

<div id="post_footer">
	<div class="post_meta">
						<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?wt=nw&pub=Saving Progress&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title), 'addthis', 'scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,width=620,height=520,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,screenX=200,screenY=100,left=200,top=100'); return false;" title="Bookmark and Share" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-addthis.gif" class='addthis' width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="Bookmark and Share" /></a>
<!-- AddThis Button END --> <span class="dot">&sdot;</span> <?php if(function_exists('wp_email')) { ?> <?php email_link(); ?> <span class="dot">&sdot;</span> <?php } ?> <?php if(function_exists('wp_print')) { ?> <?php print_link(); ?><?php } ?>
					</div>
</div>
</div>

<?php } ?>

Any ideas on what I’ve done wrong?

Oh, I see. It’s the ‘!’ that was saying that if it is not home, show the second ad, otherwise, don’t show it.

Thank you. All fixed now.

Unfortunately it didn’t.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Well, I figured you meant to get the repeat and position in there and did that too. But, there’s still no background. Could it have something to do with where the <div class=’container’> is located in the header.php?

Ah, sorry. Never heard of the pastebin until now.

http://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1020345