Less Talk, More Do » Formategory http://www.chrisfinke.com Christopher Finke is a software engineer who builds high-traffic websites (like AOL Shopping and Mahalo.com) and develops browser add-ons (like ScribeFire, TwitterBar, FireFound, and Tapsure) to enhance the Web. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:34:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wanted: WordPress Post Template Plugin http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/02/01/wanted-wordpress-post-template-plugin/ http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/02/01/wanted-wordpress-post-template-plugin/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:25:39 +0000 Christopher Finke http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/02/01/wanted-wordpress-post-template-plugin/ I’m in need of a WordPress plugin that lets you specify a template for posts based on their category. For example, I might want to postscript all of my posts about URL Fixer with a link to the most recent version, or prefix an explanation about what exactly “Mozilla” is to my Firefox posts.

I haven’t found one that does what I want, so I’ve started writing it myself. It’s tentatively named Formategory (Format + Category), and it is currently responsible for all of my Toby posts bearing the “Toby is unsupported” postscript.

Other possible uses:

  • Define a custom background image for posts based on their category.
  • Add a byline by categorizing posts on a multi-author blog with the author’s name: “Joe Smith is a freelancer from Biloxi, Mississippi.”

If anyone knows of something out there that already does this, please let me know.

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