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1. 

   rkread
   Member

   I'm using a Thematic child theme. I'd like to show thumbnails with the excerpts on the Category pages, but NOT on the main post page. How do I do this?

   I've put the following code in my functions.php and unfortunately I can't get it to work.

   add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
   
   	set_post_thumbnail_size( 250, 250, true ); // 250 pixels wide by 250 pixels tall, hard crop mode
   
   function my_post_title($title) {
   	if (is_category()) {
   		return get_the_post_thumbnail(NULL, 'thumbnail') . $title;
   	} else {
   		return $title;
   	}
   }
   add_filter('thematic_postheader_posttitle', 'my_post_title');

   Thank you!!

   Robin

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   rkread
   Member

   Still hoping someone can push me in the right direction at least...please? thanks so much...

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Hi rkread,

   This code is fine. I tested it and it works for me. Here's my usual list of annoyingly simple questions:

   1. Have you made sure that your child theme is the active theme?
   2. Have you added a post thumbnail in the write panel?
   3. Have you edited the functions.php in the active theme?

   -Gene

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   rkread
   Member

   Gene,

   Thank you very much for responding. I appreciate the simple questions. I realized I was testing it with a post that uses a NextGen Gallery, which, unfortunately still doesn't work. When I just retested with another post and a regular, single image, it worked.

   There is no "Use as thumbnail" link in the "Add an Image" pane when trying to select an image from a NextGen gallery. I realize I should probably look elsewhere for the answer to this question but if you happen to know--I'll be watching this space.

   In terms of the thumbnail's placement in the post--should I use css for that?

   Thanks again for your help.

   Robin

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   rkread
   Member

   I'd like to customize the placement of the post thumbnails on the category page. Assuming I"ll need to put the thumbnails in a DIV to style with CSS, what is the code needed to do that and how do I integrate it with the code that I'm currently using (see above)?

   Again, patience for PHP newbies much appreciated. I'm fine with CSS, just getting familiar with PHP however. Thanks!

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   flick
   Member

   @rkread: If it's any help, I believe WordPress does add an automatic class(es) tag to the post thumbnail: attachment-post-thumbnail and wp-post-image so you could get away with having no div tag.

   Otherwise, maybe could consider:
   

   if (is_category()) {
   		$title = '<div class="something">' . get_the_post_thumbnail(NULL, 'thumbnail') . get_the_title() . '</div>';
   	return $title;

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   rkread
   Member

   @flick: thanks for the advice. unfortunately, couldn't get either approach to work for me.

   maybe my css skills don't go deep enough--but I couldn't get the entry title and text to wrap the thumbnail image for some reason.

   as for the php, that particular snippet does create a div for the img, but it wraps the post title in the div with it and removes its style.

   Any other suggestions? thanks again.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   lqunta
   Member

   Greetings Guys,

   Tried out the code above. The code completely replaces the post title with the post thumbnail. How can I display both the post title, then the post thumbnail, then the post excerpt?

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   rkread
   Member

   @lqunta: since this code worked for me I'm not sure if I have the skills to figure out your specific issue, but you may want to check out these related threads that helped me:

   http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-thumbnails-to-category-pages

   http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/how-to-enclose-post-thumbnail-in-ltdivgt-to-modify-positioning

   http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/adding-post-thumbnails-to-monthly-archives

   Posted 1 year ago #

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