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1. 

   Mike_sa
   Member

   Hi

   I am trying to set up a custom single.php file for a specific category.
   I understood that Thematic theme would look for a slug relating to the post first.

   The category slug is recent-projects . I have created the file single-recent-projects.php and have saved the file to the childtheme.

   When viewing a single post from this category it is not using the single-recent-projects.php file. I am only wanting to remove the sidebar for this category post and leave the side bar for all the other category posts.

   Am I supposed to activate the custom single file somehow?

   I have been trying all sorts of things now for hours and none work. I can't just comment the sidebar out in the main single.php file because I need it for other post categories.

   Help please :)

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   i'm not sure what is going on w/ your template attempt. my guess (and i can't really see the diagram well at the codex) is that single pages just aren't supported in the way you are attempting.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

   why not take the functions approach:
   http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/remove-sidebar

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   lastraw
   Member

   I also would like to have different single.php for different categories. It seems like it can be done with something like this:

   <?php
     $post = $wp_query->post;
   
     if (in_category('1')) {
         include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/single1.php');
     } elseif (in_category('2')) {
         include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/single2.php');
     } else {
         include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/single_default.php');
     }
   ?>

   http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-use-different-single-template-per-category

   but I can't make it work.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   sowingseeds
   Member

   I suspect that TEMPLATEPATH relates to the Thematic directory not to the Child Theme directory?

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   try:

   add_action('template_redirect', 'kia_template');
   
   function kia_template() {
   	if ( is_single() && in_category('foo'){
   		include (get_stylesheet_directory() . '/single-foo.php');
   		exit();
       } else if ( is_single() && in_category('bar') {
   		include (get_stylesheet_directory() . '/single-bar.php');
   		exit();
       }
   }

   Posted 1 year ago #

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