Multiple sidebars loading same widgets

  • shopefowler

    (@shopefowler)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    I have three sidebars on my site. Each appears on a specific page, per custom templates with <?php include('sidebar2.php'); and <?php include('sidebar3.php');.

    In the Admin there are three sidebars, each with a different set of widgets. However on my site, each page displays the same set of widgets (the ones associated with the default sidebar.php

    Here is the relevant code I’m using:

    hometemplate.php
    <?php include ('sidebar.php'); ?>

    blogtemplate.php
    <?php get_sidebar('sidebar2.php') ?>

    memberstemplate.php
    <?php get_sidebar('sidebar2.php') ?>

    functions.php

    if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') )
register_sidebars(3);

    sidebar.php, sidebar2.php and sidebar3.php hold identical code from the Kubrick theme.

    Here are the affected pages:
    http://smpsalabama.org
    http://smpsalabama.org/blog/
    http://smpsalabama.org/members/

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  • prtscreen

    (@prtscreen)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    This is what you have to do:
    in your functions.php:

    if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
    register_sidebar ('2');
}
if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
    register_sidebar ('3');
}

    You have register each sidebar as it own sidebar.
    Replace this:

    if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) {
				?>
				<!-- Search form -->
				<li><?php get_search_form(); ?></li>

				<!-- Categories list -->
				<?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>&hierarchical=0'); ?>

				<!-- Tag cloud -->
				<li>
					<h2>Tags</h2>
					<div><?php wp_tag_cloud('smallest=75&largest=175&unit=%'); ?></div>
				</li>

				<!-- Archives list -->
				<li>
					<h2>Archives</h2>
					<ul>
						<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
					</ul>
				</li>

				<!-- Bookmarks (links) list -->
				<?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>
				<!-- Meta links -->
				<li>
					<h2>Meta</h2>
					<ul>
						<?php wp_register(); ?>
						<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
						<?php wp_meta(); ?>
					</ul>
				</li>
				<?php
			}

    whit this in your sidebar2/sidebar3.php-files:

    <?php if ( function_exists ( dynamic_sidebar(2) ) ) : ?>
	<?php dynamic_sidebar (2); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

    Where you change ‘2’ to ‘3’ in you sidebar3.php

    You include the sidebars with:
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?> <- For the default sidebar(1)
    <?php get_sidebar(2); ?><- Number 2
    <?php get_sidebar(3); ?><- Number 3

    At least, thats how i do it!

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