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I am using custom post types "listings" and I have a category called "type" and 3 sub cats, "available", "pending", "sold".

I want to display an image/icon on each post in the loop (not the single-listings.php) but the archive view, that corresponds to it's category. Take a look at woothemes' Estate for an example. They have an image over the featured image that says "on show".

Any thoughts on how to go about this? or a plugin that might do something similar?

thanks!

I found this code reference:

 <?php $cats = get_the_category(); echo $cats[0]->category_name;?>">

And then it said to style using the category as a class in the css, but no go. It returns nothing - wondering if custom post type cats need to be handled differently?

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You can use the conditional with in_category. http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/in_category

For example after your loop:

<?php if (in_category('type')) { ?>
                        <img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri();?>/images/custom.gif" alt="" class="customicons"/>
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I'll give it a shot. Thanks. – Jason Apr 29 '11 at 11:59
receiving an error code on the above. – Jason May 2 '11 at 13:59
The code is not exact because I do not know your specifics, but an example. It is also missing a closing } – Wyck May 2 '11 at 16:30
Will this work within the custom post type taxonomy? For instance my CPT is Listing with a taxonomy of Status (which includes Available, Pending, Sold) – Jason May 5 '11 at 15:41
It might I'm not sure, if not check out codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/taxonomy_exists – Wyck May 5 '11 at 17:10

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