Custom sidebar on posts in a particular category 1 more sidebar ???

  • Resolved sparklogix

    (@mybenson)


    13 years, 4 months ago

    I’m trying to add a custom sidebar to a custom page template. The custom sidebar shows up, but so does the regular sidebar. I don’t even have a function calling the sidebar in the custom page template so why is it there? Here is the page in question and this is the code from that page:

    <?php if(function_exists('wp_page_numbers')) : wp_page_numbers(); endif; ?>

          </div>

          <br class="clear" />

        </div>

</div>

		<div id="primary">
        <div class="add-box"><?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-1')){} ?> </div>

        <div class="add-box-2"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-2')){} ?> </div>

        <div class="add-box"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-3')){} ?> </div>
      </div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    My other question is, I also need these custom “obit” sidebars on all posts in the obituary category, as opposed to the sidebars on the rest of the site. How do I accomplish this?

    Thanks!

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  • Instead of creating another template for this, you could use conditionals.

    Take your regular page template – usually page.php.

    Replace your get_sidebar() function with something like:

    <?php if ( is_page('obits') || in_category('NN') ): ?>

<div id="primary">
        <div class="add-box"><?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-1')){} ?> </div>

        <div class="add-box-2"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-2')){} ?> </div>

        <div class="add-box"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-3')){} ?> </div>
      </div>

<?php else: 

get_sidebar();

endif; ?>

    You may need to make adjustments:

    – replace NN with the category ID of your obits category.
    – if your regular sidebar file is not named sidebar.php you’ll need to modify the get_sidebar() function.
    – you may need to move your “primary” div code depending how your sidebar.php is coded

    More about conditionals:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Conditional_Tags

    Let me know if you have further questions.

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    Yeah, I did that, the problem is that even with conditional statements, the regular sidebar.php file was being called, even though there was nothing calling that function. I still haven’t found a real fix, just a pretty horrid hack that’s not even worth mentioning because it sucks.

    Could I see your complete page.php code with the conditionals (put it in a Pastebin) as well as a link to the page in question on the site, where you’re seeing the duplicate sidebar? The earlier link gives a 404.

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    Yeah, sorry, I had to change the link to make it live with my crummy fix. New link is here.

    My “fix” consisted of changing the function in the sidebar.php file from

    ‘if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( ‘primary-widget-area’ ) ) : ?>’
    to
    ‘if ( ! dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>’

    Then I used the Per Page Sidebar plugin and replaced the sidebar in question. The default sidebar still showed up until I placed an empty text widget in the PPS.

    This is the code for the template page:
    https://pastebin.com/226z3JpZ

    Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out with this.

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    Oh, I don’t have conditionals on this page, since I’m using a template. I forgot to mention that.

    Sorry for the delay in getting back to this.

    I didn’t realize you also had a plug-in in use.

    So… just to be clear. Is anything not working correctly right now? I’m not totally sure what I’m looking for since you’re not using the conditionals method I suggested earlier. Thanks!

    Thread Starter sparklogix

    (@mybenson)

    So, I think I was making this far more complicated than it needed to be. I just did this and it worked perfectly: link

    In the single_obit.php file, I put in the custom sidebar I wanted for the obit posts. Thank you so much for trying to understand my gibberish and help me out.

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