how to show perticular category posts in custome page

Question

i know how to define custom post template vai plugins very easily but i want without plugins how can i define custom post template for particular category post.

say like i have one category "members" under this category have ten post. so i want when show those member post that time show custom template.

see bellow code from twentytwelve theme category.php file

<?php
            /* Start the Loop */
            while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

                /* Include the post format-specific template for the content. If you want to
                 * this in a child theme then include a file called called content-___.php
                 * (where ___ is the post format) and that will be used instead.
                 */
                get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );

            endwhile;

            twentytwelve_content_nav( 'nav-below' );
            ?>

        <?php else : ?>
            <?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>
        <?php endif; ?> 

see in above code say get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); and see get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ) now i want when "members" category post will open it will one custom page.. like content-members.php file, so i think code will be like that get_template_part( 'content', 'members' )

so how can define in category page members category post will open content-members.php file

Answer 1

You can use is_category to check if the category is "members" and then load the appropriate template.

In get_template_part() use the template name for the second parameter instead of get_post_format().

In this example your template should be named "content-members.php."

while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

    if ( is_category( 'members' ) ) {

         get_template_part( 'content', 'members' );

    } else {

        get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );

    }

endwhile;

Answer 2

You can use in_category to check if the category is "members" and then load the appropriate template.

In get_template_part() use the template name for the second parameter instead of get_post_format().

In this example your template should be named "content-members.php."

while ( have_posts() ) : 
    the_post();

    if ( in_category( 'members' ) ) {
         get_template_part( 'content', 'members' );
    } else {
        get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
    }
endwhile;

I change is_category( 'members' ) to in_category( 'members' )