In your “sidebar” Template you would use either:
if (is_home()){
echo 'show links';
}
or
if (is_front_page()){
echo 'show links';
}
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Thank you for your response MichaelH!
Does my sidebar need to be inside the loop for this to work? I don’t think it is right now because that would be the only bit of WP code in it. Right now it’s all ul and li tags, with the sidebar div class.
Also, what do you mean by “show links” – is that a specific Link category I should create?
Does my sidebar need to be inside the loop for this to work?
No, I used the WordPress Default theme to test this. I would assume you would put the code “in the left-hand sidebar directly beneath the BlogAds strip”.
The “show links” is just a place mark for where you do your “ad link” thing.
I just tried it and unfortunately that didn’t work on my blog. The code snippet didn’t break the site, it just showed up like text. In other words, the code showed up on the front page like this:
– How to bake
– Your link here
if (is_home()){ echo ‘show links’; }
Nevermind! I had a “duh” moment and realized I needed to put the “php” start and end tags in. That did it!
Thanks very much. 🙂
