Category specific column settings in Wordpress and Yootheme

Using a Yootheme template and need the ability to set a columns for individual categories in Wordpress?

I did and this is how i went about it.

firstly in my template folder /wp-content/themes/[themeName] found and opened the functions.php file.

just under the code

// load config    
require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config.php');
$found = locate_template( 'ptp_functions/ptp_category_widget.php', TRUE, TRUE );

I insertered the following

<?php /** Add Custom Field To Category Form */
add_action( 'category_add_form_fields', 'category_form_custom_field_add', 10 );
add_action( 'category_edit_form_fields', 'category_form_custom_field_edit', 10, 2 );

function category_form_custom_field_add( $taxonomy ) { ?>
<div class="form-field">
  <label for="category_column_count">Column Count</label>
  <input name="category_column_count" id="category_column_count" type="text" value="" size="40" aria-required="true" />
  <p class="description">Enter a Column Count value.</p>
</div>
<?php
}

function category_form_custom_field_edit( $tag, $taxonomy ) {
    $option_name = 'category_column_count_' . $tag->term_id;
    $category_column_count = get_option( $option_name );
?>
<tr class="form-field">
  <th scope="row" valign="top"><label for="category_column_count">Column Count</label></th>
  <td>
    <input type="text" name="category_column_count" id="category_column_count" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $category_column_count ) ? esc_attr( $category_column_count ) : ''; ?>" size="40" aria-required="true" />
    <p class="description">Enter a Column Count value.</p>
  </td>
</tr>
<?php
}

/** Save Custom Field Of Category Form */
add_action( 'created_category', 'category_form_custom_field_save', 10, 2 );    
add_action( 'edited_category', 'category_form_custom_field_save', 10, 2 );

function category_form_custom_field_save( $term_id, $tt_id ) {

    if ( isset( $_POST['category_column_count'] ) ) {            
        $option_name = 'category_column_count_' . $term_id;
        update_option( $option_name, $_POST['category_column_count'] );
    }
}

This adds a new field Column Count to the category taxonomy, in my category I want it to be a 3 column layout, luckliy the yootheme template handles all this for me. All I have to do now is pass the new column count value to the _posts.php file. So go to wp-content/themes/[yourThemeName]/warp/systems/wordpress/layouts/_posts.php (i noticed the latest Warp framework handles overrides alot better so the process would be different) find

// init vars
$colcount = is_front_page() ? $this['config']->get('multicolumns', 1) : 1;
$count    = $this['system']->getPostCount();
$rows     = ceil($count / $colcount);
$columns  = array();
$row      = 0;
$column   = 0;
$i        = 0;

and replace with

// init vars
$colcount = is_front_page() ? $this['config']->get('multicolumns', 1) : 1;
$count    = $this['system']->getPostCount();
$rows     = ceil($count / $colcount);
$columns  = array();
$row      = 0;
$column   = 0;
$i        = 0;
global $wp_query; 
$queried_object = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
//get the entered value from the category settings
$option_name = 'category_column_count_' . $queried_object->term_id;
$category_column_count = get_option( $option_name );
if($category_column_count){
    $colcount = $category_column_count;
}

Now your edited category will now output posts in the desired column layout.