Json Koning

Hey sdhuk,
Did you get anywhere with this? I’m about to tackle exactly the same thing & was wondering if you had any advice?
Jas

Hi Marquex,
I still have this issue – any chance you could give me some advice around this?
Thanks in advance,
Jas

Hi there,
Weird problem I have not come across before.
I create custom sidebars, set the to replace the primary widget area, select the custom sidebar from the drop-down when editing a page (all good so far) but when I go to update the page – the sidebar selection vanishes & I’m left with the default sidebar.
I’ve used custom sidebars previously – so I’m not a total newbie, & I’ve set up the same, so I’m at a bit of a loss.
Any ideas?
Jas

Awesome, it was the modification you recommended to the sidebar code (above) that did it – it’s all working exactly as it should now.
Thanks heaps for your help – I really, really appreciate it!
Jas

awesome, here’s single
sidebar-blog
sidebar-articles
site
thank you so much for all your help alchymyth
Jas

Ahh… yes it (or they) do.

hey alchymyth,

thanks for the response – assumption almost right;

– one sidebar for a single post with category 24 (sidebar-blog.php)
– another sidebar (sidebar-articles.php) for single posts in all other categories (excluding 24)

all functions.php has in it is this;

<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') )
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-services',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-resources',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-customers',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-articles',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-blog',
));
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-about',
));
?>

thoughts?
Jas

thanks alchymyth, but all that seemed to do was repeat the default sidebar… (?)
they are a dynamic sidebars, ie;

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-blog') ) : ?>
    <?php endif; ?>

does that make any difference?

great – thank you wpweaver, much appreciated.
J

how about…

<!-- conditional sidebar -->
  <?php if (is_category('24') ) { ?>
  <!-- then include the blog sidebar -->
  <?php include("sidebar-blog.php") ;?>
  <?php } elseif ( is_category('-24') ) { ?>
  <!--if not, include the articles sidebar -->
  <?php include("sidebar-articles.php") ;?>
  <?php }
        	else { ?>
  <!-- if neither, include the generic sidebar -->
  <?php include("sidebar.php") ;?>
  <?php } ?>

???

help – I’m no further ahead (despite having researched it…)

Thanks Shane G,
I just figured out if I replace: <?php the_title(); ?> on home.php (which is the homepage template) with the page title I want – it works a treat.
Thanks for your repsonse though.
Cheers
Jas