Multiple Sidebar Call Problem

  • greencode

    (@greencode)


    16 years, 11 months ago

    I’m trying to call in a sidebar but I just can’t get it to work. I have 4 different pages and 4 different sidebars I’d like to display. I’ve set up the sidebars and they appear okay in the Widget panel but here’s my code for the call dependent on page – which I can’t get to work:

    <?php if ( is_page('accommodation') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sidebar2.php');
} elseif ( is_page('see') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sidebar2.php');
} elseif ( is_page('directions') ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sidebar3.php');
} elseif ( is_page('16') ) { ?>
include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sidebar4.php');}
<?php } ?>

    Any help or idea would be very much appreciated

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    Rename your sidebar files sidebar-accommodation.php, sidebar-see.php, sidebar-directions.php and sidebar-other.php. Then try using:

    <?php
<?php if ( is_page('accommodation') ) get_sidebar('accommodation');
elseif ( is_page('see') ) get_sidebar('see');
elseif ( is_page('directions') ) get_sidebar('directions');
elseif ( is_page('16') ) get_sidebar('other');
?>
    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    Umm, I’m getting a little confused with this!?

    I’ve changed pages for page ids and called the sidebars 1-4, so it now reads:

    <?php if ( is_page(‘4’) ) get_sidebar(‘2’);
    elseif ( is_page(’12’) ) get_sidebar(‘2’);
    elseif ( is_page(’14’) ) get_sidebar(‘3’);
    elseif ( is_page(’16’) ) get_sidebar(‘4’);
    ?>

    It just appears to be bringing in the same sidebar on each page even though I have different widgets on each.

    With the sidebar.php files do I simply duplicate the first one and title them sidebar-1.php etc etc.

    I’m a bit confused?!

    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    I’ve managed to insert one of the sidebars I created (just to see if they were working!) by using this code:

    <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-4') ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>

    But I really need differerent sidebars for each of the 4 pages.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/get_sidebar

    Thread Starter greencode

    (@greencode)

    16 years, 11 months ago

    I’m at a loss as to know what to do here. I have this:

    <?php
if ( is_page('4') ) :
  get_sidebar('1');
elseif ( is_page('12') ) :
  get_sidebar('2');
elseif ( is_page('14') ) :
  get_sidebar('3');
elseif ( is_page('16') ) :
  get_sidebar('4');
endif;
?>

    and in the functions I’ve created these:

    if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
		register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-1',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget' => '',
        'before_title' => '<h2>',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));
    	register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-2',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget' => '',
        'before_title' => '<h2>',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));
    	register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-3',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget' => '',
        'before_title' => '<h2>',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));
    	register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-4',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget' => '',
        'before_title' => '<h2>',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));
}

    The sidebars appear to be showing up okay in my Widgets panel as:

    sidebar-1
    sidebar-2
    sidebar-3
    sidebar-4

    So I have no idea why it’s not working. It seems to just default to the first sidebar I have?!

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