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1. Jonas Grumby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi all. I'm trying to have a unique header graphic on the main blog page of a site. The name of the page is blog and it is not the home page. Using if (is_page( 'blog' )) doesn't work. Can someone point out the correct way to identify this page in a conditional tag?

   Thanks

2. haydenhancock
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I would make sure you have permalinks enabled. I don't think it will pick up the page unless you've actually enabled permalinks and set the specific page to be "blog". Your code is correct though...

   <?php if (is_page('blog')) { ?>
   do something
   <?php } else { ?>
   do something else
   <?php } ?>

3. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   No - the conditional is incorrect. Try:

   <?php if (is_home() ) { ?>
   do something
   <?php } else { ?>
   do something else
   <?php } ?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#The_Main_Page

4. Jonas Grumby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Esmi. That works. I would have expected that to cause the graphic on the home page to change.

5. haydenhancock
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Oh sorry, I thought he was trying to specify a particular page other than the home page. I must have misread the original post.

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   is_home() tests for the main posts page. If you have a static front page, then this will be the page you selected for Posts in settings/Reading.

   is_front_page() test for the front (home) page.

7. Jonas Grumby
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have it thanks. I read the doc.

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