Show category in my posts

[digiplace]

I use several category's on my weblog. I would like in each article to see not only the authors name and date/time but also the category in which the specific article was written. How can I do that?

[kingdomgeek]

In single.php, find this:

PHP Code:

<?php thesis_show_post_tags(); ?>

Before or after that on a new line, add this:

PHP Code:

<p class="post_tags">Categorized in: <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>

(I'm obviously mimicking the layout/format of tags when they are displayed. I hope it's similar to what you want.)

[mnichols]

Rick,
There is a small error in your suggested code. The class "post-tags" should be "post_tags." The post-tags class will not show errors, but the appearance will not be the same as the tags line. It is not defined in style.css, while post_tags is.

The code:

<p class="post-tags">Categorized in: <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>

Should be:

<p class="post_tags">Categorized in: <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>

Thank you for all your help here, Rick. I wish I could have a 99.999999999% error-free rate!

Thanks!

[kingdomgeek]

Good call, Mike! I'm still getting used to the keyboard on this laptop and apparently I'm not catching all the silly typos it's causing me!

[digiplace]

Thank you Rick and Mike for you're solutions.

It works, however the category is only shown at the bottom of each single entry. I would like to see the category on top of each article, on a single page and on the homepage.

URL:
Linux op de desktop — Digiplace
and
AcidRip — Digiplace

and I would like to see it in the line which say's

"Geschreven door Jos op 21 augustus 2008 - 22:21"

so that this line looks like:

"Geschreven door Jos op 21 augustus 2008 - 22:21" in categorie: Desktop, Hardware

[kingdomgeek]

To add the category information to the top of posts, open /lib/functions/content_functions.php and find this:

get_the_time('F j, Y') . '</abbr>'; ?>

After it, on the same line, add this:

Categorized in <?php the_category(', '); ?>

(You may need a blank space just before the word "Categorized" to prevent a run-on word.)

[digiplace]

Thx, you are amazing, great support! It worked. But it became somehow with a capital font. I guess a css thing? So I removed it for now and start up reading some more about css/php/html.

[digiplace]

I must have done something wrong the first time, or the upgrade fixed something. It works like a charm now. Thank you very much!

Digiplace — Linux op de desktop

[mdmarin]

Any idea how to place the category name above the headline, like they do here? The Bygone Bureau — A Journal of Modern Thought

Also, how would I make the formatting of the category name look like this?

Thanks.

Mike

[mdmarin]

To clarify, I only want the category name to appear on the main page. When someone clicks on it they'll be directed to the category page, which already has a heading, so they don't need the label in the post anymore. Thanks again.