I just want the name of the category that the post is associated with. I should say primary category.
This guy explains a little about it but I don’t grok the part where is using setting the image to full size than resetting the image size to the one he wants in his media folder. It defeats the whole css of the site.
http://wplift.com/ He’s creating an overlay with author title etc and overlaying it onto his thumbs. I just want primary category in a small orange rectabgle in the upper left like omgubumtu has in thiers.
Here is where he explains how he is doing it… http://wplift.com/how-add-text-featured-images-different-scenarios I am just not getting it. Seems complicated. WordPress was made for things like this……