Wordpress Category Template Question

Question

I am looking at using a custom template for a set of categories. Is it possible to use a category template (like category-4.php) on a parent category and have the children use that template as well?

So based on the answer so far, is there a way to accomplish this? I want to add text and images to all categories within a parent category.

Answer 1

From the documentation it does not appear to be possible without actually adding several category template files (unless you custom program it). I run Wordpress, and I have only seen it accomplished category by category.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates