Conditional Tags for Sidebar Content

  • InHouse

    (@inhouse)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    Hello, I’m trying to learn how to use conditional tags in
    areas such as sidebar.php so that I can have dynamic content there
    such as a calendar widget, and fun facts widget on the home page and
    no where else.

    I looked into codex and am trying to make this work, but I’m missing something I think.

    <?php
if ( is_home() ) {
    // add calendar widget to home page
    echo do_shortcode('[my_calendar format="mini" showkey="no"]');
} else {}
?>

    I got this one to work fine except obviously the title still shows on every page.
    <div class="fun-facts-widget"><div id="fun-facts-widget-title">Fun Facts</div><?php if ( is_front_page() ){ if (function_exists (news_announcement)) news_announcement(); }?></div>

    I can’t figure out how to use the conditional tag while keeping the content wrapped in divs for styling and any extra markup like headlines, etc.

    I just need a little assistance and I can be on my way I think. I’d appreciate any tips I can get. Still learning this stuff.

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  • Thread Starter InHouse

    (@inhouse)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Ok, I have progress. Here is my code for anyone interested. Still have a lot to learn.

    <?php
if ( is_front_page() ) {
    // we're on the home page, so let's show a list of all top-level categories
    echo "<div id='fun-facts-widget-title'>";
	echo "Fun Facts";
	echo "</div";
	echo "<div id='fun-facts-widget'>";
    if (function_exists (news_announcement)) news_announcement();
    echo "</div>";
	echo "<div class='calendar-widget-frame'>";
	echo do_shortcode("[my_calendar format='mini' showkey='no']");
	echo "</div>";
} else {
    // catch-all for everything else (archives, searches, 404s, etc)
    echo "";
} // That's all, folks!
?>

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