Each styled differently. 'Visual Journal' contains no sidebar, while 'blog' includes it.
I have Visual Journal set to only display content within a category. Blog is set to display all.
Problem 1: I want Visual Journal to display the complete post in the index, but, when viewed in 'blog' I want it to only display to a 'read more' point (or to the Automatic Post Excerpts point). Is this possible?
Problem 2: Can different categories be set up to have different styles. For instance, with word based posts (from the 'Blog') I want the sidebar to appear when the post is opened, however, because I've got the blog set to 'standard, no sidebar' so the Visual Journal posts are fill width, this doesn't occur.
Problem 3: I want to have a featured image (for another widget), however, I do not want it to display within the 'Visual Journal' Index page, or the post itself. Is this possible?
Should I be looking at creating my own Format for a blog post, one for 'Visual Journal' and one for everything else?
1. The only way to do this would be to disable the automatic excerpt option in the blog options panel and manually add in more tags for the blog category posts which will allow the posts in the other category to remain full.
2. They can on the main posts page, but the single page is only going to display in one style. Altering this would either require custom development on the single.php file to switch styles based on the current category or making your own post type as you mentioned in the last question.
3. If you're going to have separate categories displaying in each it's possible but as of now it appears you have the same category in both pages so there's no way to only target featured images in one of them fully.
Hi TN,
I am currently styling my blog, and deciding how to organise two categories. Hopefully my explanation below makes sense.
Two distinct blog category types; picture based, and word based, each with its own menu / page. 'Visual Journal' and 'Blog'
http://peterdavidgrant.com/visual-journal/
&
http://peterdavidgrant.com/blog-test/
Each styled differently. 'Visual Journal' contains no sidebar, while 'blog' includes it.
I have Visual Journal set to only display content within a category. Blog is set to display all.
Problem 1: I want Visual Journal to display the complete post in the index, but, when viewed in 'blog' I want it to only display to a 'read more' point (or to the Automatic Post Excerpts point). Is this possible?
Problem 2: Can different categories be set up to have different styles. For instance, with word based posts (from the 'Blog') I want the sidebar to appear when the post is opened, however, because I've got the blog set to 'standard, no sidebar' so the Visual Journal posts are fill width, this doesn't occur.
Problem 3: I want to have a featured image (for another widget), however, I do not want it to display within the 'Visual Journal' Index page, or the post itself. Is this possible?
Should I be looking at creating my own Format for a blog post, one for 'Visual Journal' and one for everything else?
I hope this is clear,
Cheers.
Peter
Hey Peter!
1. The only way to do this would be to disable the automatic excerpt option in the blog options panel and manually add in more tags for the blog category posts which will allow the posts in the other category to remain full.
2. They can on the main posts page, but the single page is only going to display in one style. Altering this would either require custom development on the single.php file to switch styles based on the current category or making your own post type as you mentioned in the last question.
3. If you're going to have separate categories displaying in each it's possible but as of now it appears you have the same category in both pages so there's no way to only target featured images in one of them fully.
Cheers :)
That is great, thanks!