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1. SergioZambrano
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   I can't get to work my is_page('contact') conditional. It ALWAYS return false.

   I've put it in the footer.php to show the slide-in contact form on any page OTHER than "Contact" page http://seosumo.com/contact since that page already contains a contact form.

   This is my code
   <?php if (!is_page('Contact')) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sideform.php');
   } ?>

   I've tried with the following no success:
   -lowercase (as the url shows) 'contact'
   -different if arrangements (if(foo)) :
   -page ID instead of name.
   -is_page() combined with else instead of !is_page()
   -is_page() conditional placed on the page's template instead of footer.

   Nothing worked, so my questions are:
   1) Does is_page() need the page to show 1 page only? no extra loops? (mine loads blog posts in that page too)

   2) Does is_page() need to be called from within the loop?

   WP version is 2.7.1

   Any ideas?

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Using a just installed 2.7.1 blog and the WordPress Default theme, and putting this in the wp-content/themes/default/footer.php
   

   <?php if (is_page('About')) {
   echo 'this is page 2';
   }
   ?>

   Does cause 'this is page 2' to be displayed ONLY when viewing the About page.

3. SergioZambrano
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   SOLVED:

   When using multiple loops, the is_page('Somepage') doesn't work.

   I just added wp_reset_query() and it works like a charm.

   <?php wp_reset_query();
   if (!is_page('Contact')) {
   include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sideform.php');
   }
   ?>

   I don't know the extent of the issue, or which of the commands/variables of the secondary loop caused this, but resetting the query worked.

   I hope someone have the specific reason of this, so we can play around the code more freely.

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