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1. andytford
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've searched the forums up and down (as well as Google) and either don't know what I am searching for, or haven't found it...

   Anyway, I know how to create a custom widget:
   

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'Home Sidebar','before_widget' => '<div class="widget">','after_widget' => '</div>','before_title' => '<h4>','after_title' => '</h4>',)); }

   ...which will appear in my Admin as Home Sidebar in the drop down. After populating with the plugins I'd like to go into the widget, how do I make the wiget appear in my theme without having to use sidebar.php?

   The plugins in the sidebar are used for interior Pages, whereas I have a custom theme and just want to know how I can insert the custom widgets (and corresponding plugins) with a variation of a php tag for the homepage (home.php)

   Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help ~

2. Christine
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   If I understand correctly, you're wanting to create a custom sidebar which called home sidebar which will only appear on a particular page.

   To do this create the custom sidebar (called say sidebar-custom.php) as you mention and then use in the template.

   <?php include ('sidebar-custom.php'); ?>

3. andytford
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Crondeau,

   That did it! I was making the mistake of naming my custom sidebar 'home-sidebar'. The fundamental element here is that the sidebar must start with the name 'sidebar-[fill in the blank]'

   Thank You again....you've ended hours of endless searching.

4. Christine
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Cool, glad to hear that I could help.

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