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1. sparklogix
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I'm trying to add a custom sidebar to a custom page template. The custom sidebar shows up, but so does the regular sidebar. I don't even have a function calling the sidebar in the custom page template so why is it there? Here is the page in question and this is the code from that page:

   <?php if(function_exists('wp_page_numbers')) : wp_page_numbers(); endif; ?>
   
             </div>
   
             <br class="clear" />
   
           </div>
   
   </div>
   
   		<div id="primary">
           <div class="add-box"><?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-1')){} ?> </div>
   
           <div class="add-box-2"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-2')){} ?> </div>
   
           <div class="add-box"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-3')){} ?> </div>
         </div>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   My other question is, I also need these custom "obit" sidebars on all posts in the obituary category, as opposed to the sidebars on the rest of the site. How do I accomplish this?

   Thanks!

2. zoonini
   help me help you
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Instead of creating another template for this, you could use conditionals.

   Take your regular page template - usually page.php.

   Replace your get_sidebar() function with something like:
   

   <?php if ( is_page('obits') || in_category('NN') ): ?>
   
   <div id="primary">
           <div class="add-box"><?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-1')){} ?> </div>
   
           <div class="add-box-2"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-2')){} ?> </div>
   
           <div class="add-box"> <?php if(function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('obit-sidebar-ad-3')){} ?> </div>
         </div>
   
   <?php else: 
   
   get_sidebar();
   
   endif; ?>

   You may need to make adjustments:

   - replace NN with the category ID of your obits category.
   - if your regular sidebar file is not named sidebar.php you'll need to modify the get_sidebar() function.
   - you may need to move your "primary" div code depending how your sidebar.php is coded

   More about conditionals:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

   http://www.slideshare.net/zoonini/take-control-of-your-templates-with-wordpress-conditionals-8546925

   Let me know if you have further questions.

3. sparklogix
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Yeah, I did that, the problem is that even with conditional statements, the regular sidebar.php file was being called, even though there was nothing calling that function. I still haven't found a real fix, just a pretty horrid hack that's not even worth mentioning because it sucks.

4. zoonini
   help me help you
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Could I see your complete page.php code with the conditionals (put it in a Pastebin) as well as a link to the page in question on the site, where you're seeing the duplicate sidebar? The earlier link gives a 404.

5. sparklogix
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Yeah, sorry, I had to change the link to make it live with my crummy fix. New link is here.

   My "fix" consisted of changing the function in the sidebar.php file from

   'if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' ) ) : ?>'
   to
   'if ( ! dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>'

   Then I used the Per Page Sidebar plugin and replaced the sidebar in question. The default sidebar still showed up until I placed an empty text widget in the PPS.

   This is the code for the template page:
   http://pastebin.com/226z3JpZ

   Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out with this.

6. sparklogix
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Oh, I don't have conditionals on this page, since I'm using a template. I forgot to mention that.

7. zoonini
   help me help you
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Sorry for the delay in getting back to this.

   I didn't realize you also had a plug-in in use.

   So... just to be clear. Is anything not working correctly right now? I'm not totally sure what I'm looking for since you're not using the conditionals method I suggested earlier. Thanks!

8. sparklogix
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   So, I think I was making this far more complicated than it needed to be. I just did this and it worked perfectly: link

   In the single_obit.php file, I put in the custom sidebar I wanted for the obit posts. Thank you so much for trying to understand my gibberish and help me out.

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