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1. PghDave
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello all;

   I am attempting to do what one would probably consider relatively easy at this point, but for some reason I have been at wits end to get it to work properly.

   For reference, I am trying to modify http://firefoxnewsonline.com .

   Essentially, what I want is for certain pages to display custom sidebars. In previous versions of wp, I could modify the specific page as it appeared in the editor list. In version 2.7 however, it seems 'pages' have been replaced into 'posts' of their own, and it seem I must add "if/else" commands in the page.php template.

   As an example,
   - when George's 'About' page is selected, I want "sidebar-george.php" called;
   - when Dave's 'About' page is selected, I want "sidebar-dave.php" called.

   That said, if George's page is "../wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=5" &
   Dave's page is "../wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=6" ,
   what would the code look like?

   (This is what I have in the page.php)

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

2. darya8
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I use a plugin called Widget Logic. You can use functions like is_page() or is_category(). You can put things in the parenthesis to make it even more specific. Call a custom sidebar widget to more pages by using || e.g. `is_page('About') || is_page('Contact')
   `
   This is one of my favorite plugins :)

3. PghDave
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Darya8;

   Thanks for the response, and yes, I could see where that would be useful if there were certain widgets I want on certain pages but not others. However, the problem is I cannot get those certain pages to bring up their appropriate sidebar.

   In this case I want sidebar-dave.php to come up when we click on Dave's page, and sidebar-george.php to appear when we click on George's page. Once they they are called up properly, I believe Widget Logic will be a perfect complement to adjusting such.

   I am assuming I either editing the wrong php document, and the script I posted above has some inaccuracies (or both). Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

   Thanks all & respects,
   Dave

4. PghDave
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Disregard, figured it out.
   The problem was that the script was "copy & paste"ed, & was missing a "}". Should have read:

   <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <--this needed to be removed

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

   <?php get_footer(); ?>

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