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   juanojeda
   Member

   Hi,
   I'm trying to customize my theme to only display categories in the postfooter IF the categories is NOT 'Uncategorized'(catid=1). The code I have so far is:

   $postcategory .= '<span class="cat-links">';
   	if () {
   		if (is_single()) {
   			$postcategory .= __('This entry was posted in ', 'thematic') . get_the_category_list(', ');
   			$postcategory .= '</span>';
   		} elseif ( is_category() && $cats_meow = thematic_cats_meow(', ') ) { /* Returns categories other than the one queried */
   			$postcategory .= __('Also posted in ', 'thematic') . $cats_meow;
   			$postcategory .= '</span> ';
   		} else {
   			$postcategory .= __('Posted in ', 'thematic') . get_the_category_list(', ');
   			$postcategory .= '</span> ';
   		}
   	}
   	else {
   		$postcategory = '';
   	}
       $postcategory = apply_filters('thematic_postfooter_postcategory',$postcategory);

   (thanks to Dannydamnboy in This thread).
   I wrapped the code in an if statement because I only want to display the $postcategory if the post has a category. However, I can't figure out what to put in the if brackets.

   Any suggestions?

   Posted 13 years ago #
2. 

   juanojeda
   Member

   I've come up with a solution that works.
   

   //get category name and store as variable $category
   	function catname() {
   		foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat) {
   			return $cat->category_nicename;
   		}
   	}
   	$category = catname();
   
   	//when to display categories
   
   	//if the post has a real category display the category in footer links
   	if ($category != "uncategorized") {	
   
       $postcategory .= '<span class="cat-links">';
   	if (is_single()) {
   			$postcategory .= __('This entry was posted in ', 'thematic') . get_the_category_list(', ');
   			$postcategory .= '</span>';
   		} elseif ( is_category() && $cats_meow = thematic_cats_meow(', ') ) { /* Returns categories other than the one queried */
   			$postcategory .= __('Also posted in ', 'thematic') . $cats_meow;
   			$postcategory .= '</span> ';
   		} else {
   			$postcategory .= __('Posted in ', 'thematic') . get_the_category_list(', ');
   			$postcategory .= '</span> ';
   		}
   	}
   	//if the post is in the category 'uncategorized' don't display the categories
   	else {
   		$postcategory = '';
   	}
       $postcategory = apply_filters('thematic_postfooter_postcategory',$postcategory);

   (thanks to This article).

   and I've hidden the separator with CSS using

   body #main #container #content .category-uncategorized .entry-utility .meta-sep {
   	display: none;
   	}

   This may not be the most elegant solution, but I've only got a limited knowledge of php.

   If anyone has a suggestion for making this work in a cleaner way, I'd really appreciate it.

   Juan

   Posted 13 years ago #

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