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Delete “Category Archives”

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Mariken de Ruiter

11 years ago · Last reply by Andrew Misplon 11 years ago

Hi,
Very happy with the themes only I like to delete the first part of the category title, ” Category Archives” and just have the title /name of the category as the title.

I could do this in a Child Theme, i functions.php but I do not want to add a Child Theme is this case. So is there a way to do this in the Custom CSS via WP admin.

I have the Premium version installed.

Thanks

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Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 5 months ago
Hi Mariken
Thanks for running Vantage.
The child theme solution is unfortunately the best fix for this at the moment. The Category Archives: part of the heading tag isn’t wrapped so I don’t see a way to remove that and not the entire title.
Mariken de Ruiter 11 years, 5 months ago
Hi Andrew,
Is there not a way to change it in the ‘archive.php’ file?
I checked and searched for the word “Category Archives” and did not find it. There must be a way….

Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 5 months ago

Unfortunately any changes you make to theme files will be overwritten when you next update the theme. Doing this with a child theme is relatively straightforward. Besides a style.css file in your child theme as follows:

/*
 Theme Name:   Vantage Child
 Author:       SiteOrgin
 Template:     vantage
 Version:      1.0.0
*/

@import url("../vantage/style.css");

You need a functions.php file as follows:

<?php

if( !function_exists( 'vantage_get_archive_title' ) ) :
/**
 * Return the archive title depending on which page is being displayed.
 * 
 * @since vantage 1.0
 */
function vantage_get_archive_title(){
	$title = '';
	if ( is_category() ) {
		$title = sprintf( __( 'My Category Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span>' . single_cat_title( '', false ) . '</span>' );

	}
	elseif ( is_tag() ) {
		$title = sprintf( __( 'Tag Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span>' . single_tag_title( '', false ) . '</span>' );

	}
	elseif ( is_author() ) {
		the_post();
		$title = sprintf( __( 'Author Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span class="vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( "ID" ) ) ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( get_the_author() ) . '" rel="me">' . get_the_author() . '</a></span>' );
		rewind_posts();

	}
	elseif ( is_day() ) {
		$title = sprintf( __( 'Daily Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span>' . get_the_date() . '</span>' );

	}
	elseif ( is_month() ) {
		$title = sprintf( __( 'Monthly Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span>' . get_the_date( 'F Y' ) . '</span>' );

	}
	elseif ( is_year() ) {
		$title = sprintf( __( 'Yearly Archives: %s', 'vantage' ), '<span>' . get_the_date( 'Y' ) . '</span>' );

	}
	else {
		$title = __( 'Archives', 'vantage' );
	}
	
	return apply_filters('vantage_archive_title', $title);
}
endif;

Within the functions.php file you can edit any of those titles.

Here is the child theme, all ready to go: https://siteorigin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vantage-child-archives-title.zip. Just install via Appearance > Themes > Add New: Upload Theme, then edit functions.php via Appearance > Editor.

(Once done you’ll need to redo your Appearance > Customize settings)

gerkof 11 years, 4 months ago
Is it also possible to add the css in the Custom Css? Or do I still have to create a php?
- Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 4 months ago
  Hi gerkof
  The first code snippet is CSS but the second is PHP, that needs to go in a child theme functions.php file.
  For further help please open a new support thread:
  https://siteorigin.com/new-thread/
  Thanks
Mariken de Ruiter 11 years, 4 months ago
Thanks guys,
I ‘ll save this for next project.
- Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 4 months ago
  For sure. Just remember that when you install this or any child theme you’ll need to redo Appearance > Customize and Appearance > Menu settings.
  All the best.
Mariken de Ruiter 11 years, 4 months ago
Hi Andrew,
Yes, that’s exactly the reason why I did not wanted to do, redo all the settings in this case.
A speedy ‘hack’ might be the WPimport plugin. :)
Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 4 months ago
For sure. Thanks for your feedback.
Sławomir Piwowarczyk (ebinx) 11 years, 1 month ago
To get rid of “Category Archives:” you can change line 18 in archive.php file
from:
```
<h1 id="page-title"><?php echo vantage_get_archive_title() ?></h1>
```
to:
```
<h1 id="page-title"><?php echo single_cat_title() ?></h1>
```
It will then display category name only without “Category Archives:” part…
However as Andy mentioned this change gets overwritten with (any) theme updates, as theme updates overwrite theme’s files including archives.php
Applying a child theme is better choice, and if you are familiar with PHP My Admin there is a quick way to copy Personalisation/Customisations from within mysql database. After you switch to child theme in mysql database, in “wp_options” table, locate the “theme_mods_vantage” row in option_name column, from there select & copy the value. Then locate the row with “option_mods_vantage-child” (where vantage-child is the name of your child theme (e.g. if your child theme folder name is vantage- then it would be exactly like above, if your child theme folder name is different, say my-child-theme you would be looking for row “option_mods_my-child-theme”. After you locate it paste the earlier copied value to the option value field.
Now relax and have a beer – theme options/personalisations/customisations are there!
- Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 1 month ago
  Hi Sławomir
  Thanks for the info here, much appreciated!

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