Optimizing Code

  • I’m creating a custom child theme w/ Genesis. The home page is going to be static. I’ve created a home page template and the necessary widget areas in the child’s functions.php file.

    I’ve created the following widget areas in functions.php

    // Widget Areas
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	    'id'            => 'home-feature',
	    'name'          => __( 'Home Feature Article', 'NRG' ),
	    'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area for your home page featured article area', 'NRG' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	    'id'            => 'home-left-feature',
	    'name'          => __( 'Home Feature Left', 'NRG' ),
	    'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area for your home page featured article area', 'NRG' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	    'id'            => 'home-right-feature',
	    'name'          => __( 'Home Feature Right', 'NRG' ),
	    'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area for your home page featured article area', 'NRG' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	    'id'            => 'home-bottom-feature',
	    'name'          => __( 'Home Feature Bottom', 'NRG' ),
	    'description'   => __( 'This is a widget area for your home page featured article area', 'NRG' ),
	) );

    For the home page template, here’s what I have:

    <?php
/**
 * WARNING: This file is part of the core Genesis framework. DO NOT edit
 * this file under any circumstances. Please do all modifications
 * in the form of a child theme.
 *
 * Template Name: Home Page Template
 */?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php genesis_before_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>
<div id="content-sidebar-wrap">

	<?php genesis_before_content(); ?>
	<div id="content" class="hfeed">

		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-feature')) : ?>

		<?php endif; ?>
	</div><!-- end #content -->
	<?php genesis_after_content(); ?>

</div><!-- end #content-sidebar-wrap -->
<?php genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    What I’m not clear on is this syntax to make my code for this template more “efficient.” I want to include 4 widget areas on the home page template. And I’ve modified the above code with the following and it works. I just want to know a better way to write this, because four consecutive if statements seems inefficient.

    <?php genesis_before_content(); ?>
	<div id="content" class="hfeed">

		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-left-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-right-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
		<?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-bottom-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</div><!-- end #content -->
	<?php genesis_after_content(); ?>
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  • Thread Starter digisavvy

    (@digisavvy)

    So one of my buddies helped me out here and gave me some tips. Since this is genesis the structural parts I was calling weren’t needed and could be replaced w/ genesis();

    Here’s what I ended up with:

    <?php
/**
 * Template Name: Alt Home Page
 * Description: A Three Column Layout for the Home Page
 */

// Force full width layout
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_sidebar_content_sidebar' );

// Build our custom loop
remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'special_loop' );
function special_loop() {
?>

	 	<div class="featured-article"><?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?></div>
		<div class="featured-left"><?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-left-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?></div>
		<div class="featured-right"><?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-right-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?></div>
		<div class="featured-bottom"><?php if (!dynamic_sidebar('home-bottom-feature')) : ?>
		<?php endif; ?></div>

<?php
}
genesis();
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