Hey guys, nice theme so far. As a SEO I want to write and style my contents even on category pages (for Google and other search engines). There is a plugin that I used to utilize to get the content with VC on the category page: https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-category-pages/ (it is compatible with VC and works fine on other projects).
I tried it for the first time on your theme but with no success.
It would be a HUGE advantage if the archive pages could be styled with this type of extension/plugin. Maybe you see a workarround or you can implement it in your theme.
Thank you for your support!
Sebastian from Germany.
PS: Please no answer like: “this is a 3rd party plugin – sorry :)” I need a solution for this even with or without this specific plugin 😉 Thank you!
Hi,
The category pages are not available for edit at the moment. The category templates can only be customized through the theme panel. These templates can be found in the theme folder here – https://www.screencast.com/t/kitUM93y
If you would like to add content to a category page you could enter it directly in the category template file. You can find multiple solutions here on the forum. Here are a few
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-can-i-use-shortcodes-in-category-descriptions/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/trending-now-on-category/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-to-add-or-created-ad-block-in-category-page/
I have no solution if that particular plugin does not work with the theme. Some plugins are simply not compatible. Not all themes and plugins offer the same level of compatibility unfortunately.
Maybe in future updates the category pages may offer options for more advanced customization, but I could not say for sure when this will happen.
Thanks
Thank you Simion for your reply! Thank helped me in understanding the theme.
Can I copy the “category_templates” folder into my child theme? Otherwise I will lose my settings after an update – is this correct?
Thank you for your support!
Sebastian
I tried to change the category template 1 im my Newspaper-child dir (http://imgur.com/vsqtJks) but no success :/
“Is working!!” gets NOT printed.
Can you please help me?
Or can I create a new template e.g.
/Newspaper-child/category_templates/td_category_template_9 (instead of 9 maybe “custom” –> td_category_template_custom)?
Thank you and sorry for the number of posts 😉
Greetings, Sebastian
Okay, it’s working now! 😉 I forgot the includes-folder – my fault!
But the other question is still open: Can I create a new/custom template like: td_category_template_custom.php
Thank you!
Hi,
You can try this and I believe it should work. Create the new template by cloning the content from one of the existing templates for example, then declare it here
– https://www.screencast.com/t/dQ03Cv6XOcw
Modifications to the td_config file will have to be made directly in the main theme unfortunately, it is not supported by the child theme.
I have not tried this properly, you can do it and share the results here.
Thanks
Changes to the parent theme are not recommended so I don’t change any code from the original source. Any update and it gets destroyed 😉
I changed the category.php file in the child theme and added the_archive_description(); So it gets printed.
But this way I can’t use the newspaper styles, that can be changed in theme panel. Maybe you find a way the category pages could be filled with content – that would be a huge bennefit for all SEOs and a great point on your featurelist 😉
Greetings.
Hi,
At the moment that is how category pages and settings work in the theme. Like I said more options regarding this could be added in future theme updates. There are a lot of suggestions and recommendations on the list. It is not easy to decide what will be addressed as soon as possible and which ones are delayed. Most of them will be implemented in time, we will just have to wait and see.
Thanks
