Adding a new widget to a Child Theme's functions.php

  • Resolved niallolaoghaire

    (@niallolaoghaire)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi
    I can get the new widget to work in the parent theme’s (I’m using Responsive) functions.php
    but when I make a new functions.php file in the child theme with

    <?php
    function responsive_widgets_init() {
	register_sidebar(array(
            'name' => __('Home Top Image', 'responsive'),
            'description' => __('Area 12 - home-top-image.php', 'responsive'),
            'id' => 'home-top-image',
            'before_title' => '<div class="widget-title">',
            'after_title' => '</div>',
            'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="%2$s">',
            'after_widget' => '</div>'
        ));
    }
    add_action('widgets_init', 'responsive_widgets_init');
?>

    I get an error message in my browser: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare responsive_widgets_init() (previously declared in /home/c1944495/public_html/xxxlarrysxxx/wp-content/themes/child_of_responsive/functions.php:9) in /home/c1944495/public_html/xxxlarrysxxx/wp-content/themes/responsive/includes/functions.php on line 18

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    simply use a differnt function name;

    instead:
    'responsive_widgets_init'
    use for example:
    'responsivechild_widgets_init'

    and the same here:
    function responsivechild_widgets_init() {

    Thread Starter niallolaoghaire

    (@niallolaoghaire)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Ah, thank you kind sir, that worked!

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