variable wordpress template
I am learning how to make the category pages change their content depending upon which category you are reading. This way I can provide “realted info” when and where it is actually related. I’m doing this with something called an “is function”
I dug for an entire afternoon, trying to find out how I could get the effect that I want, and I was very happy to find the aforelinked article, explaining it all.
update: now that I am using Manji as my design instead of Kubrick I am presented with something of a challenge. Manji has no sidebar! What I like about the lack of a sidebar is that it draws attention where I want it to be, to the words. On the other hand, there is so much I can do for a reader’s orientation in a sidebar, which is also very helpful.
The “is functions” allow me to say “you are here” to a reader. More than that I can say “since you are here you might also like to go here here and here”. I really like the ability to give those things to my readers.
Something Kubrick did that Manji doesn’t do is to add that little box between the post and the sidebar that describes the text. I have copied that design feature from kubrick into my manji theme, and I think there is a lot that can be done with it.
For now, I use the “is functions” primarily to make my masthead image only show up on the header page, and to provide “sidebar” content in that little question mark on the left.
Comments, anyone?