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1. Odenberg
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I have two sidebar. One "sidebar1.php" is called in the index.php with
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?>

   The second side bar is called in the page.php with
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php'); ?>

   I also have this in the fuctions.php:
   ( function_exists('register_sidebars') )
   register_sidebars(2);

   So far so good. In Appearence/Widgets the to sidebars show up and I put the Category widget to sidebar1 and Show Pages widget in sidebar2.

   But still, when I look at a Page, it is Categories that shows up in the sidebar, not the Page as I want.

   It is my own built theme and I have never had this problem with the sidebars before.
   Please help me.

2. Odenberg
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Anyone? Please, I really nedd some help...

3. SwansonPhotos
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   This may help, prob have to add some args to make them unique.

4. Odenberg
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks a lot! Now it works!

   I replaced the code in my first post with:
   index.php
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
   || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar1') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   page.php
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
   || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar2') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   functions.php
   ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar1',));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar2',));

   BUT, since my sidebar1.php and sidebar2.php is no longer in use, all my styling disappeared. And now I dont have any div ids/classes to style in my css. So how can I apply my old styling to the sidebars?

5. Odenberg
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Okey. I missunderstood how to do it, and here is the very solution:

   STEP 1: functions.php
   Register the sidebars in the function.php like this:
   ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar1',));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar2',));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar3',));

   STEP 2: index.php / page.php / category.php
   Call the sidebar.php (or sidebar2.php if you have more than one sidebar template)
   <?php include("sidebar.php"); ?>

   STEP 3: sidebar.php
   Create a div and add the widgetized sidebar you want to call with:
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
   || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar1') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   STEP 4: css file
   Style the div where you put the 'dynamic_sidebar'

   Swanson, THANKS A LOT for pointing me in the right direction.

6. SwansonPhotos
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   create functions 'index_sidebar_style' and 'page_sidebar_style', which are just CSS.

   Call each as required (CSS should not be in the body - accomplish with if index if page?):

   <?php include('index_sidebar_style') ?>
   <?php include('page_sidebar_style') ?>

   Example:

   <?php function page_sidebar_style() {  ?>
   <style type="text/css">
   table {
   border: 1px dashed black;
   background: #95EAFE;
   text-align:left;
   width:610px;
   }
   </style>
   <?php }  ?>

   Might need some tweaking but the basic concept is shown above.

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