• Hello, I’m trying to learn how to use conditional tags in
    areas such as sidebar.php so that I can have dynamic content there
    such as a calendar widget, and fun facts widget on the home page and
    no where else.

    I looked into codex and am trying to make this work, but I’m missing something I think.

    <?php
    if ( is_home() ) {
        // add calendar widget to home page
        echo do_shortcode('[my_calendar format="mini" showkey="no"]');
    } else {}
    ?>

    I got this one to work fine except obviously the title still shows on every page.
    <div class="fun-facts-widget"><div id="fun-facts-widget-title">Fun Facts</div><?php if ( is_front_page() ){ if (function_exists (news_announcement)) news_announcement(); }?></div>

    I can’t figure out how to use the conditional tag while keeping the content wrapped in divs for styling and any extra markup like headlines, etc.

    I just need a little assistance and I can be on my way I think. I’d appreciate any tips I can get. Still learning this stuff.

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  • Thread Starter InHouse

    (@inhouse)

    Ok, I have progress. Here is my code for anyone interested. Still have a lot to learn.

    <?php
    if ( is_front_page() ) {
        // we're on the home page, so let's show a list of all top-level categories
        echo "<div id='fun-facts-widget-title'>";
    	echo "Fun Facts";
    	echo "</div";
    	echo "<div id='fun-facts-widget'>";
        if (function_exists (news_announcement)) news_announcement();
        echo "</div>";
    	echo "<div class='calendar-widget-frame'>";
    	echo do_shortcode("[my_calendar format='mini' showkey='no']");
    	echo "</div>";
    } else {
        // catch-all for everything else (archives, searches, 404s, etc)
        echo "";
    } // That's all, folks!
    ?>

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