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[intodesign]

Hi,

I have a simple loop in wordpress, let’s say something like that:

<?php query_posts(‘category_name=paint&showposts=-1&order=DESC’);?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>

<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

Now I don’t want it to go to the permalink of the post, because I want to display all the posts in subcategory, so is there a way instead to link it to the post permalink i would like to link it to the category permalink?

[intodesign]

Oh, I Got it

<?php
    $the_cat        = get_the_category();
    $category_name  = $the_cat[0]->cat_name;
    $category_link  = get_category_link( $the_cat[0]->cat_ID ); ?>
    <a>" title="<?php echo $category_name ?>"><?php echo $category_name ?></a>

[intodesign]

But how do i show on the archive.php only the posts from that category?

[Senff]

If you go to http://www.yoursite.com/category/paint, then it will show all the posts of the “paint” category, using the standard archive.php file.

However, if you create a new template called archive-paint.php, then it will take that template. Every other URL/category (e.g. http://www.yoursite.com/category/something) will then just use archive.php.

So you can just put your custom code in archive-paint.php and that will then only be used for the “paint” category.

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