Home with one sidebar, others with two

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• Started 2 years ago by fulanito
• Latest reply from Dude
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1. 

   fulanito
   Member

   Is it posible to have ONE sidebar for the Home/Front page and all the other pages with TWO sidebars?

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Monsoon
   Member

   Short answer NO
   Long answer yes but would require you to make a lot of modifications as I believe the code restrict you to only wide, 1 or 2 columns with one choice for the whole site. I suppose you need to create new templates...is that right James? More flexibility is always better

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Dude
   Dude

   I think this can be easilky achieved by replacing following code in sidebar.php
   

   if($k_option['includes']['sidebarCount'] != 2) $sidebarSize = ' fullwidth_sidebar';

   with:
   

   if($k_option['includes']['sidebarCount'] != 2 || is_home()) $sidebarSize = ' fullwidth_sidebar';

   So you get fullwidth sidebar IF you have activate only one sidebar in options menu OR if you're on your homepage.

   In your options menu you need to activate 2 sidebars to make this solution work.

   @Monsoon: Another template wouldn't help because the sidebar.php is called via get_sidebar - you would need to copy and paste the sidebar.php code to your new template and remove get_sidebar function.

   The Dude

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   fulanito
   Member

   Thanx!

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   Monsoon
   Member

   Sweet thank Dude.

   Now lets up the ante...what if you want to assign a different sidebar to posts or pages? Lets say 2 sidebars on the homepage and on back pages being able to chose between one large, one medium or two small sidebars. I know I would love to have that on my pages... more flexibility. Higher level pages get 2 sidebars, one level down they get a medium sidebar and 3 level down thy get a single small sidebar.

   I am still trying to make that work but that amount of flexibility would kick ass

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   Dude
   Dude

   It's easily possible - you replace the get_sidebar() function in your template.php with the code of sidebar.php and afterwards you change it to your requirements. It's a more flexible solution as you pointed out above but obviously a more complex one.

   The Dude

   Posted 2 years ago #

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