i use the child overides a lot.
lets say i use overide category_loop to change the layout of my category loop.
have i got to overide index, archive, tag, search individually or can i change the lot by combining the overides?
hope this makes any sense
have wondered this myself. it is sort of a pain (and code bloat) to have to override ALL the loops if you'd like them to all be the same.
glad you understand the situation.
it is a code bloat. in basic themes, you could style the main loop and if category, tag loops dont exist, the index loops run through.
is there a way to bypass loops?
Vasudeva Adiga
Member
I guess you could do this if you want all of them to use the same loop:
add_action('thematic_categoryloop', 'xyz_loop');
add_action('thematic_tagloop', 'xyz_loop');
add_action('thematic_archiveloop', 'xyz_loop');
add_action('thematic_indexloop', 'xyz_loop');
neat idea. i think you'd also have to remove the current loops from those hooks OR define each override as xyz_loop, but i think it could work
Ok .. will take a look at this one :)
Chris
Vasudeva Adiga
Member
You will have to remove the default actions hooks before replacing them with new ones:
remove_action('thematic_categoryloop', 'thematic_category_loop');
remove_action('thematic_tagloop', 'thematic_tag_loop');
remove_action('thematic_archiveloop', 'thematic_archive_loop');
remove_action('thematic_indexloop', 'thematic_index_loop');
@Vasudeva Adiga
i'll give that a whirl.
@vasudeva
although, in theory that should have worked for me (but does go back to removing/adding functions, when overides seemed like forward progress). it didn't in this particular case. maybe if i was using it in a standard set-up. for some reason, it messed with my archive() tags() statements.
i'm pulling archive and tag display via an options panel conditional. i was getting a lot of duplicate posts. tried resets to no avail.
its a little difficult to explain.
reverted back to my overides and all was good. i'll keep the bloat knowing all is working correctly.
thanks for you help.
@chris, had any luck?
i suppose you could do
childtheme_override_archive_loop(){
default_loop();
}if you don't want to add and remove actions. i am going to try this tomorrow (errrr later today when i wake up) as i just modded my index loop.
this seems to work for me:
function default_loop(){
//loopy stuff
}
function childtheme_override_archive_loop(){
default_loop();
}
function childtheme_override_author_loop(){
default_loop();
}
function childtheme_override_category_loop(){
default_loop();
}
function childtheme_override_index_loop(){
default_loop();
}
function childtheme_override_search_loop(){
default_loop();
}
function childtheme_override_tag_loop(){
default_loop();
}worked a charm miss viking!
thanks
I would recommend that the solution from Helga and this topic in general become an article in the documentation. I spent quite a while making incorrect code before coming across this simple, lean solution. It's something I knew must exist - but laying it out in a nice tutorial / example would really help folks who are just getting up to speed (like me).
Who do we suggest that to?
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