Customising category page

[alialhadithi]

Hi. I’m looking to customise the category pages for my site. Currently I have an “_index.php” file in the global folder with the following code:

    <?php

// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/GLOBAL/_INDEX.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Includes the index output.
// =============================================================================

$stack = x_get_stack();
if ( is_archive() ) :
  $style     = x_get_option( 'x_archive_style', 'standard' );
  $cols      = x_get_option( 'x_archive_masonry_columns', '2' );
   $condition = is_archive();
if(is_tag()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('tag' => get_query_var('tag')));
else if(is_author()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('author' => get_query_var('author')));
else if(is_date()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('m' => get_query_var('m'))); 
else $my_posts = get_posts(array('cat' => get_query_var('cat')));
 
$my_post_ids = array();
 
foreach($my_posts as $post) {
   array_push( $my_post_ids, $post -> ID );
}
elseif ( is_search() ) :
  $condition = is_search() && $style == 'masonry';

   if(is_tag()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('tag' => get_query_var('tag')));
   else if(is_author()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('author' => get_query_var('author')));
   else if(is_date()) $my_posts = get_posts(array('m' => get_query_var('m'))); 
   else $my_posts = get_posts(array('cat' => get_query_var('cat')));
 
   $my_post_ids = array();
 
   foreach($my_posts as $post) {
     array_push( $my_post_ids, $post -> ID );
   }

endif;

?>

<?php if ( $condition ) : ?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[the_grid name="test"]'); ?>
    <?php else : ?>
      <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
      <?php x_get_view( $stack, 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
  <?php else : ?>

      <?php x_get_view( 'global', '_content-none' ); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
 <?php endif; ?>

<?php pagenavi(); ?>

This uses ‘The Grid’ plugin to create a summary of the posts. However, this method displays all posts for all categories. Is there a way of automatically generating posts for only the ones that apply for the category page? If not, do you have any alternative suggestions to using this plugin?

[ruenel]

Hello There,

Thanks for writing in! If you want only want to have the grid in some or in a particular category page, you will need to add another condition. Please consider this code block as an example:

<?php if ( $condition || is_category('the-category-name-1') || is_category('the-category-name-2') ) : ?>

	<?php echo do_shortcode('[the_grid name="test"]'); ?>

<?php else : ?>

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

    	<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
      		<?php x_get_view( $stack, 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
    	<?php endwhile; ?>

  	<?php else : ?>

      	<?php x_get_view( 'global', '_content-none' ); ?>

    <?php endif; ?>

 <?php endif; ?>

Hope this helps.