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1. sommernyte
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have my blog set to have a static page as the home page, and then the page "blog" as the blog page.

   I want a custom sidebar to show on my blog page as I've done with all the other pages/categories throughout my site, but I can't get it to work.

   My sidebar.php which is included in my page template has:

   <?php } else if (is_home() || is_page(8) || in_category(1) || is_category(1)) { // "Blog" category pages ?>
   	<div id="sidebar">
   		<ul>
   			<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Blog') ) : ?>
               <?php endif; ?>
   		</ul>
   	</div>

   '8' is the blog page id, and '1' is the category for blog posts and I added 'is_home()' because according to the codex, this should work on the blog posts page when a static front page is set.

   I've registered my custom sidebar called "Blog" in my functions.php:

   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'Blog',
   		'before_widget' => '<div class="sidebarwidget">',
   		'after_widget' => '</div>',
   		'before_title' => '<div class="widgettitle">',
   		'after_title' => '</div>',
   	));

   And, lastly, I have put some widgets in my 'Blog' sidebar. The Blog sidebar shows on single posts in the blog category, or a category page, but not on the PAGE I created called 'Blog' where my blog posts show.

   Here is the page which is showing a sidebar for a different page of the site: http://bellingham.org.customers.tigertech.net/discover/blog/

   And here is a single post from the Blog category that is showing the right sidebar for the Blog pages: http://bellingham.org.customers.tigertech.net/blog/annual-old-settlers-picnic-in-ferndale/

   Any idea how I get it to cooperate and show the right sidebar on the main Blog page?

2. sommernyte
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I fixed it, but I don't know why I did fixed it. I moved my code under the code to display the "Press" pages, since it was displaying the "Press" sidebar. That fixed it, but why it doesn't work in the reverse is beyond me, as there was no conditional that should have evaluated true in the tests for the "Press" page....

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