Widgetised Category Pages

Posted in: Newspaper
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Hi All
I am not a coding expert so I don’t know what I am gonna say makes sense or not but it is possible to build category pages like home homepage using the built-in theme blocks. I know this is currently not a theme feature but can it be made?

I want to show club wise info (20 clubs) on Premier League category page but under existing options I can’t. I can build a page the way I like but can’t build a category page.

Is there any solution that can help me achieve this (no looking for theme customization).

Thanks

Azhar Nadeem

Post count: 22421

Hello,

It can be done only it will require custom modifications. Visual composer elements were not designed to work with category pages. You can add VC elements to the category page if you edit the core files either the template file or the top post file: http://screencast.com/t/aSHu4ciI and add a do_shortcode function
Every VC element creates a shortcode which you can see in text mode when editing a page. This shortcode can be used as the example above to force the page to display a block.
<?php echo do_shortcode('enter visual composer shortcode here');?>
It will require additional css to adjust the layout but this is the general idea of how it can be achieved.

Thank you!

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