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1. jwahkan
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Hi All,

   Is there any way go about added sidebar widgets to a particular static page?

   I basically want my landing page to feature the widgets because its not a "blog."

   I guess if the above is not possible might it be possible to move the formatting of the sidebar to the center of a static page but have it in the regular sidebar position for the other pages.

   Possible? Sort of?

   Thanks.

2. apljdi
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Just put a 'sidebar' in the location you want it and use CSS to format it.

   Put this...
   

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
     /// This sidebar appears on all pages above the following sidebars
     register_sidebar(
       array(
         'name' => 'Middleofthepage',
         'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
         'after_widget' => '</li>',
         'before_title' => '',
         'after_title' => '',
       )
     );
   }

   ... in your theme's functions.php. The name is arbitrary but has to match the value used in 'dynamic_sidebar' below, and the 'before_widget', 'after_widget', etc can be changed to work with the page layout.

   Put this...

   if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')) {
                 dynamic_sidebar('Middleofthepage');
             }

   ... in your page template where you want the sidebar to appear. The code needs to be inside PHP <?php and ?> tags. Depending upon where you put it there may already be tags there or you may have to add them.

   Add some widgets via wp-admin->Appearance->Widgets.

   Now use CSS to fiddle with the appearance.

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