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1. helices
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I've inherited a custom WordPress theme (http://prismmpls.org) that uses the (left) sidebar for custom hierarchical menus.

   I'm told that they planned a blog; but, they never implemented it. I have setup the blog and it works great! I want to use widgets in conjunction with ONLY the blog and blog posts.

   I've hacked some PHP so that - in most cases - when their sidebar menus show, NO widgets show.

   However, when a Page has NO sidebar menu, widgets show - I don't want this.

   Also, on the blog Page, there is NO sidebar menu and the widgets show, but far down the Page. What's up with this?

   In their sidebar.php, I added "!$children && " to their code:
   
<?php if ( !$children && !dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-widget-area' ) ) : ?>


   Such as it is, that is what's working now.

   What PHP code will prevent widgets in the sidebar for Pages?

   How could I get sidebar widgets to show properly ONLY for the blog Page?

   Where ought that code to go?

   Please, advise.

   Thank you.

   Best Regards,

   helices

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   The most obvious answer would to create a non-widget-ready sidebar that is called in the default page.php template file.

3. helices
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi, esmi!

   OK - thank you

   How would I do that?

   Best Regards,

   helices

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