http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues Support Forum - Topic: Hoempage as static page - sidebar issues en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:27:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.kriesi.at/support/search.php http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-10838 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:26:12 +0000 slimjim6982 10838@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>I have done the stuff here and cant get it to work with either code:</p> <p>&lt;?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') &amp;&amp; is_home() &amp;&amp; dynamic_sidebar('Homepage Sidebar') ) : endif; ?&gt;</p> <p>or</p> <p>&lt;?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') &amp;&amp; is_home() || !dynamic_sidebar('Homepage Sidebar') ) : endif; ?&gt;</p> <p>I am trying this on a static page, using an edited index.php </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2662 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:21:42 +0000 James Morrison 2662@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>Hi! </p> <p> Awesome stuff - let me know if you have any other questions! </p> <p> Regards,<br /> James </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2630 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:14:47 +0000 Eitanma 2630@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>hi again<br /> i solved the problem.<br /> i changed the syntax to<br /> &lt;?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') &amp;&amp; is_home() || !dynamic_sidebar('Homepage Sidebar') ) : endif; ?&gt;<br /> and now it works<br /> thank you very much for your help<br /> eitan </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2627 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:11:39 +0000 Eitanma 2627@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>hi<br /> i added the code in function.php and got the new widgetized area appear in my dashboard.<br /> then i added the other line in sidebar.php and it makes absolutly no reaction. i made sure that all the names are spelled right - Homepage Sidebar etc. but nothing<br /> could you think of a solution for that?</p> <p><a href="http://www.soylent-lodge.eu" rel="nofollow">http://www.soylent-lodge.eu</a></p> <p>thanks<br /> Eitan </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2575 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:29:47 +0000 James Morrison 2575@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>The code needs slight modification to work on the homepage, sorry I missed the quotation marks around the:</p> <p><code>name&#39; =&gt; Blog Pages Sidebar,</code></p> <p>code, it should look like this:</p> <p>'name' =&gt; 'Blog Pages Sidebar',</p> <p>I'd also change the <em>Blog Pages Sidebar</em> to <em>Homepage Sidebar</em> so you know what is means in future.</p> <p>You need to adjust the conditional code to get the widgetized area to show its widgets on the homepage - you can use this code:</p> <p><code>&lt;?php if (function_exists(&#39;dynamic_sidebar&#39;) &amp;&amp; is_home() &amp;&amp; dynamic_sidebar(&#39;Homepage Sidebar&#39;) ) : endif; ?&gt;</code> </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2511 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:09:50 +0000 Eitanma 2511@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>Thank you for your prompt answer<br /> i added the code in both files. the code for the functions.php gave me an error message and i noticed that in the line<br /> 'name' =&gt; Blog Pages Sidebar,<br /> didnt have the quotation marks ' ', so i added it and this time got no error message but nothing really changed - no extra sidebar area was added.<br /> my question - how would this fix relate to the homepage - i didnt find any refernce in the code suggested (i am not a programmer but can understand basic function) - even when i get the new sidebar area - how would it be related to the homepage?</p> <p>many thanks<br /> eitan </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2468 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:34:19 +0000 James Morrison 2468@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>Hey,</p> <p>You'd need to add a separate sidebar area for the homepage if you choose to use a static homepage - see this post for instructions -&gt; <a href="http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/sidebar-edit-help" rel="nofollow">http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/sidebar-edit-help</a></p> <p>Cheers,<br /> James </p> http://www.kriesi.at/support/topic/hoempage-as-static-page-sidebar-issues#post-2408 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:10:04 +0000 Eitanma 2408@http://www.kriesi.at/support/ <p>Hi<br /> i chose a static page as my home page and cannot get to have the sidebar set.<br /> how can i get it done?<br /> a lot of thanks<br /> Eitan </p>