Change the header only on index

  • vahn00

    (@vahn00)


    8 years, 10 months ago

    Hi! I want to make a different header for my homepage, I’m using a wp template and I can’t find the code to make it.
    I’m a PHP noobie, so I don’t know what pages I have to change.
    I try to change the code in my index.php page but it doesn’t work
    <?php
    get_header();
    ?>

    to

    <?php if (is_page(index.php)) echo ‘secondary-header’;
    else echo ‘header’;?>

    I have to change also the page.php file ?

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

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  • Jacob Peattie

    (@jakept)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    The correct conditional you want to use for seeing if you’re on the front page is is_front_page(), then you can output different things. You could put this inside header.php itself to control the output. Then it doesn’t matter if you’re home page is the blog page, a page, a page with a custom template, or anything like that because it’ll always be the same header.php.

    Thread Starter vahn00

    (@vahn00)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    In the header.php I have to add it like this ?

    <div class=”header <?php echo (is_page_template(‘page-slider.php’)) ? ‘has-slider’ : ” , echo (is_front_page (‘secondary-header.php’)) ?>”>

    Thread Starter vahn00

    (@vahn00)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    I have tried it and it doesn’t work, now a white stripe appears at the top of my page,
    I’ve make backups and doesn’t disappear

    Jacob Peattie

    (@jakept)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    What are you actually trying to achieve? A different class on the header?

    The code you posted is incorrect PHP. You’re using is_front_page() incorrectly. It doesn’t take any arguments and you’ve put secondary-header.php. What is that for?

    Also, you’ve got quotes in the wrong places and are trying to echo inside a ternary operator.

    Ravikumar Patel

    (@ravipatel)

    8 years, 10 months ago

    @vahn00,
    1) First copy header.php and rename header-front.php.

    2) front-page.php (using this file access site homepage code) – copy page.php and rename with this name.

    3) edit – front-page.php and replace get_header() to get_header(‘front’)

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