Hi lexevan,
I’m afraid the plugin doesn’t work like that. It stores the new sidebars info in database, and when the page sidebar will be shown, the plugin detects if a custom sidebar has been defined and replace the original one with the custom one.
There are no new php files for the sidebars, all this is possible thanks to the dynamic_sidebar function in the sidebar file of your theme.
I see. However, i was able to do this…
I made a sidebar in the plugin & named it ” Music ” with the descriptor as “music”
then using this code in the page template in place of the other code, it actually was working. rather the template path
[div id=”sidebar_right”]
[?php include(!dynamic_sidebar(‘Music’));?]
[/div]
Everything was working perfectly, but then I installed some plugins for video and uninstalled them when they sucked. And after that, i starting receiving an error message on each page which had this code. It would still display the sidebar, but under it, would show an error message saying the following,
“Warning: include() [function.include]: Filename cannot be empty in /hermes/bosweb/web209/b2093/sl.—–private—-/wp-content/themes/Structure Premium White/organic_structure_white/page_music.php on line 68
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ” for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php-5.2.12/lib/php’) in /hermes/bosweb/web209/b2093/sl.—–private—-/wp-content/themes/Structure Premium White/organic_structure_white/page_music.php on line 68. “
Im pretty sure the other plugins screwed up something in my include functions file, but Im not a coder so I have no clue how to fix it. So I was hoping the other “template path” code would resolve it.
Anyway, thanks for your advice.
Best,
-lex
But it is not necessary to include the sidebar coding. If you are using a theme that allows widgets you only have to select the sidebars you want to replace in the custom sidebars admin page.
Have you had a look at the howtos in
http://marquex.posterous.com/pages/custom-sidebars
At the bottom of that page you will see the replace the default sidebars howto.
I have about 17 page templates.. and multiple subpages which use the same templates. There will also be 17 sidebars. Its a lot easier to simply select the page template and have the two sidebars automatically set for that template. Also, I will have a bunch of users on my site and i don’t want them to be able to accidentally change a sidebar. (if they are given admin profile).
It might make more sense if you see the site. http://www.lexevan.com
Right now most of the pages have the same main sidebar as i am researching content to create the unique sidebars for the other pages.
Thanks. =)
