help using is_front_page

Resolved Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

Hello guys, I’m totally new at php so here’s a straightforward question:

I am trying to hide some things on my static home page, the site title and the navigation bar and the footer/colofon. I think I should use the php conditional tag is_front_page for this, like so:

<?php if( is_front_page() ) { ?>
do something
<?php } ?>

But:

– Where do I put this code? in the header.php and footer.php? or in the style.css? At which location in those files?
– What exactly do I put in the place of ‘do something’ is it css code? What is the syntax?

Thanks,
Bastienne

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Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)

WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

13 years ago

First make a Child Theme.

Thread Starter Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

I do have a child theme already

Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)

WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

13 years ago

Copy header.php from your theme and paste it into your Child Theme.

Thread Starter Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

yep got it
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)

WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

13 years ago
In your Child Theme header.php file, wrap that conditional tag around the title and navigation:
```
<hgroup>
			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
		</hgroup>

		<nav role="navigation" class="site-navigation main-navigation">
			<h1 class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'spun' ); ?></h1>
			<div class="assistive-text skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'spun' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'spun' ); ?></a></div>

			<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>
		</nav>
```
But use the exclamation mark in the conditional tag to say “if not”, rather than “if”.
```
<?php if( !is_front_page() ) { ?>
<hgroup>
			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
		</hgroup>

		<nav role="navigation" class="site-navigation main-navigation">
			<h1 class="assistive-text"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'spun' ); ?></h1>
			<div class="assistive-text skip-link"><a href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'spun' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'spun' ); ?></a></div>

			<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary' ) ); ?>
		</nav>
<?php } ?>
```
Thread Starter Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

yes great!

And now I can do the same for the footer?
and if I want to hide the background image on the front page, where is this located?

thanks very much for your direct online help!

Thread Starter Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

btw is it now better to remove any other code from the header.php, so as not to interfere with any updates that the original theme makes?

If so, what should I delete and what not?
Andrew Nevins
(@anevins)

WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

13 years ago
And now I can do the same for the footer?

Yep.

and if I want to hide the background image on the front page, where is this located?

You’ll have to create a CSS style for this, in your Child Theme style.css file.

E.g:
```
body.home {
 background: none;
}
```
btw is it now better to remove any other code from the header.php, so as not to interfere with any updates that the original theme makes?

Nope it is not better that way. Your Child Theme doesn’t just override particular code that you’ve changed in header.php, it overrides the whole header.php file.
Thread Starter Bastienne
(@bastienne)

13 years ago

I’m pretty terrible at css too, I must admit.
When I have created the style, then what?
thanks again…

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