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1. transformer617
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   I added three widget areas in the footer of my Thesis theme. When they're empty, I'd like them to just collapse instead of presenting me with three empty (but pretty) boxes.

   I read a 2-year-old solution posted in this forum but it doesn't seem to work with 3.0. Has anyone come across -- or have a solution for this?
   Thanks very much
   Bill

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   check the code of sidebar-footer.php of the Twenty Ten theme.

3. transformer617
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Oh, this is very cool! :) Thanks lots for the tip. I modified this piece of code found in the twentyten file sidebar-footer.php:

   if (   ! is_active_sidebar( 'first-footer-widget-area'  )
   		&& ! is_active_sidebar( 'second-footer-widget-area' )
   		&& ! is_active_sidebar( 'third-footer-widget-area'  )
   		&& ! is_active_sidebar( 'fourth-footer-widget-area' )
   	)
   		return;

   Worked like a charm. My next step in making this even more awesome would be if, for instance, only one or two widgets were present in a three widget block, the dimensions would adjust to fill the area. Any ideas about that? (Maybe I should post this question separately)

4. crazycharlie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Along the lines of this post, I'm trying to hide the left-hand column in header.php in a PHP conditional when the sidebars are not active. However, the following is returning false.

   <?php if (is_active_sidebar('sidebar1') && is_active_sidebar('sidebar2')) { ?>
      <div id="left-col">
         <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
      </div>
      <div id="right-col">
   <?php } else { ?>
      <div id="right-col-wide">
   <?php } ?>

   Any thoughts on why this wouldn't work?

5. crazycharlie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   I figured out the problem. My function had an extra attribute for id that it didn't recognize.

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