using this code:
<div id="sidebar">
<?php
$quote = get_post_meta($post->ID, "quote", true);
//check that we have a custom field
if ($quote != "")
{
{
echo "<p><em>"$quote"</em></p>";
}
}else { echo '<p><em>"And a quote will look like this."</em></p>
<p>by somebody </p>'; }
?>
<?php $biophoto = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'biophoto', TRUE); ?>
<?php if($biophoto) { ?><img src="<?php echo $biophoto; ?>" alt="<?php { echo the_title(); } ?>" /><?php } ?>
</div>which is working.
Have since realized it would be better if the quote didn't show on Pages that have biophoto.
Unfortunately, these are Pages, not posts so I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around how to code this. The Pages with biophoto custom field are all children of another Page, so I could filter by "if child of page 9, then show a biophoto if there is one. If it's any other Page, show the quote"
I've tried variations of this, but keep getting errors. I don't know php, and suspect the trouble is wrapping php inside other php bits (?)
Another idea would be to add something to the page template: "if child of page 9, use this alternatesidebar.php, else use sidebar.php" but I'm having trouble with that too.
