Bump!
I was thinking along these lines… I could have say 3 different sidebar files: sidebar.php, sidebar2.php and sidebar3.php
How would I get say archive.php to pull sidebar2.php and a singe post pull sidebar3.php ??
Is this the way i should approach this?
Roy
(@gangleri)
That doesn’t sound too hard. Look in your index.php, archive.php and single.php. On the bottom it says “get sidebar”. I don’t know if it’s as easy as to make it into “get sidebar1”, but I guess you’ll let us know when you find out.
[edit] :
I took a quick look at my theme and the command is actually <?php get_sidebar(); ?>. I think what I said above was a bit too easily thought, but I still think that making <?php get_sidebar1(); ?> would be worth the try.
ah well, I thought that too but it doesn’t just call the file it uses a function called get_sitebar. I’m worried i’d need to create seperate functions for the different sidebar PHP files.
Roy
(@gangleri)
Ok, in that case a more expert user better respond…
(and I was editing while you responded btw.).
You could do this with conditional tags, and a single sidebar file. For example
<? php if (is_archive()){ ?>
Custom code
<? php elseif (is_page()) { ?>
Other code
<? php } ?>
Just a quick example your code might be different.
Roy
(@gangleri)
There may be some more hints elsewhere on the forum.
I haven’t tried it yet, but you could try the WP Widget Changer plugin.
Ok, got it working roughly with this:
<?php if (is_home()) {
include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/sidebarmain.php");
} else {
include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/sidebargalleries.php");
}
?>
Now the next step. How would I edit that code so that all pages show sidebarmain.php except my galleries page or any of it’s children?
re-bump — anyone want to code a sidebar switcher plugin that would let you choose sidebars in the Admin>write area? Simple, necessary thing!
