Move "show category" outside "article info block"

[Nom Anor]

I'm doing my own template based on Protostar, but there is one thing I'm unsure of how to solve.

In an article I want to display the article info block (i.e. author, creation date, published date). I also want to show the category. However, I don't want to display in the info block with all the other info, but instead above the article heading.

Please see attached images.

Would appreciate help.

[jackrabbit]

Create a template override of the layouts / joomla / content

- go to extensions > template manager
- click the name of the default template under the column labeled Template
- click the tab labeled Create Overrides
- under the column titled Layouts, click joomla > content
- the copy will be created, now click the tab labeled Editor
- Edit html/layouts/joomla/content/info_block.php
- move the lines referring to category above the element

[Nom Anor]

I've tried it out and get the most of it except the last bit.

Create a template override of the layouts / joomla / content

- go to extensions > template manager
- click the name of the default template under the column labeled Template
- click the tab labeled Create Overrides
- under the column titled Layouts, click joomla > content
- the copy will be created, now click the tab labeled Editor
- Edit html/layouts/joomla/content/info_block.php
- move the lines referring to category above the element

The thing is, when I want to move the category to a different location e.g. above the article title, or above full image, I have to move the following code from html/layouts/joomla/content/info_block.php to a completely different file.

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<?php if ($displayData['params']->get('show_category')) : ?>
    <?php echo $this->sublayout('category', $displayData); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

I've tried to copy the code to html/com_content/article/default.php, but that just doesn't seem to work.

[jackrabbit]

To add the category object directly to your article tmpl file, place the following wherever you need the category name and link to appear. You can add the parameter condition to remove the link if desired.

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<?php
$itemId = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu()->getActive()->id;
$category = '<span class="your-styleclass">'.JText::_('COM_CONTENT_CATEGORY').'<a href="'.JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id='.$this->item->catid.'&Itemid='.$this->itemId).'">'.$this->item->category_title.'</a></span>';
?>