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1. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am looking at having a custom sidebar per page. I searched and found how to do it per category at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/157451?replies=14

   <?php
   if (is_category('80')) { 
   
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar80.php');
   
   } elseif ( (is_category('81')) {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar81.php');
   
   } else {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php');
    }
    ?>

   but I am not sure which tag and where I should do a similar thing if I want custom sidebars for other pages, like the 'About' page (page_id 2 for example)
   Any help is appreciated, thanx :)

2. tsguitar
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   elseif (is_page('2'))
   {
   // do stuff
   }

   Does that make sense?

3. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanx for the reply, as per the thread link I posted I have category.php (a copy of archive.php) and I am able to include different sidebars for different categories, but putting the is_page code you pasted in there doesn't affect the About page.

   I am nt sure where to put your code. This doesn't work:
   

   <?php
   if ( is_category('3')) { 
   
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-3.php');
   
   } elseif ( is_category('4')) {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-4.php');
   
   }
   elseif ( is_category('5')) {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-5.php');
   
   }
   
   elseif ( is_page('2')) {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-7.php');
   
   }
   
   elseif ( is_category('6')) {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-6.php');
   
   } else {
   
   include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php');
    }
    ?>

4. tsguitar
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ah! You have the calls to the different sidebars in the page templates and not in sidebar.php. In that case, you'll want to edit your Page Template. If you include the code I posted last time in your Page Template, it should work (if I'm understanding your situation correctly).

5. Anonymous
   Unregistered
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yes I edited the page template (page.php) and it works, thanx very much for the support tsguitar :)

6. ubrayj02
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you for posting this - I've been able to use this code to change the sidebar depending on which page a user visits. This is particularly useful because I have customized "Home" page, a blog, and an online shop - each with heir own needs for different sidebar content.

   Is there an easy way to simply load a single sidebar file without having to include "if" statements?

   I'm sorry for my newb-ness. I am unfortunately not very familiar with php.

7. stokerrr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   AMAZING!!!! THANKS, after 1 hour i finnaly get it....

   Page_id is visible when you disable permalinks in the URL.
   I whas trying it on the ORDER ID, ofcourse that doesnt work...

8. bsteinlo
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Another great way to do this without bothering with code is Slayer's custom widgets. It's a nice widget which allows you to edit where you want sidebars per page

9. burningraven
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Great information. A quick question-

   I am looking to do what you all mentioned, short of coding in all the pages for each side bar, How can I tell word press to use side bar 1 for all pages and children pages of topic 1, then use side bar 2 with all pages and children pages of topic 2?

   Site map Example
   -Prent topic 1
   --child a1
   --child a2
   --child a3
   -Prent topic 2
   --child b1
   --child b2
   --child b3

   To have side bar 1 work with all pages for parent topic 1, and have side bar 2 work with all parent topic 2?

   Cheers
   TM~

10. PghDave
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Quick question:

    Does all this still apply to WP 2.7 as well?

    With the advent of pages disappearing from the file list in the editor (& now appearing as (../wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=#), does that mean the "is_" statement is now "is_post('#')"?

    Also, which page do I post the php script above in, the page.php or the sidebar.php? I tried both & it's not working.

    Basically I have 2 of my pages which are about 2 people specifically, and they want to customize their sidebars (favorite videos, music, facebook link, twitter link, etc). George appears a "../wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=5", & Dave (me) appears as "../wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=6", and I want each to direct to bring up sidebar-george.php & sidebar-dave.php (with everything else bringing up the main/primary sidebar). How would a script look like for something like that in WP 2.7?

    Thanks
    Dave

11. jquintana83
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Are you guys making any changes to the functions.php file? If not, how are the sidebars showing up in the widget section of your theme?

12. jquintana83
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    ...anyone?

13. jquintana83
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Any help is greatly appreciated on this topic.

14. PghDave
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    jquintana;

    I still haven't been able to figure this issue out, be it because I am editing the wrong document, or there is an error in my coding.

    I have changed my page.php to reflect the following:

    <?php
    if (is_page('5')) {
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-george.php');
    elseif ( is_page('6')) {
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-dave.php');
    } else {
    include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php');
    }
    ?>

    and I keep getting this error:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSEIF in (.../wp-content/themes/PRiNZ_BranfordMagazine_latest/branfordmagazine/page.php on line 22

    :-/
    Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
    Respects,
    Dave

15. PghDave
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    In the words of homer simpson..."DOOOH!"
    I was doing the right thing all along.
    I had copied & pasted someone else's code, but there was a missing "}".
    Once added, worked like a charm.

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