Michael Fields

No problem, glad it worked out for you!

Can’t help unless I know what is engaging the lightbox. Is it a plugin? Has it been hard-coded into your theme?

On (or around) line 200 of events-calendar.php you will find a line of code that looks like this:

if(isset($_GET['page']) && strstr($_GET['page'], 'events-calendar')) {

Please try the following code instead – you will need to replace 999 with your events page’s ID:

if( is_page( 999 ) ) {

Please note that this is considered “hacking” the plugin and you will need to repeat this if you ever decide to upgrade the plugin.

Hope this helps,
-Mike

Mike, are you saying that I would need to register the widgets separately because the sidebar is already registered?

Opps, I wrote this out incorrectly, you will need to register the lists as “Sidebars” – not “Widgets”… sometimes all this WordPress jargon can get confusing 🙂

Here’s a working Page Template that should allow you to create dynamically editable areas on your home page. You will need to copy this code, paste it into a new file and save as t-homepage.php. Upload this file to your site’s current theme directory.

You can then create a new page in the WordPress Administration Panels and set it’s Page Template to “Frontpage”.

The template below will generate a WordPress loop width 2 widgetized regions below it.

Hope this Helps,
Mike

<?php
/*
Template Name: Frontpage
Author: Michael Fields
License: GPL 2
*/

/* Register widgetized area with WordPress */
register_sidebar( array(
	'name' => __( 'Homepage 1', $platypus->locale ),
	'id' => __( 'homepage_1' )
	) );
register_sidebar( array(
	'name' => __( 'Homepage 2', $platypus->locale ),
	'id' => __( 'homepage_2' )
	) );

/* Helper function which prints a single widgetized area. */
function mf_custom_sidebar( $id ) {
	print "\n\n" . '<div id="' . $id . '">';
	print "\n\t" . '<ul>';
	dynamic_sidebar( $id );
	print "\n\t" . '</ul>';
	print "\n\t" . '</div>';
}

get_header();

print '<div id="content">';

/* WordPress Loop Condensed. */
if ( have_posts() ) {
	while ( have_posts() ) {
		the_post();
		the_title( '<h1>', '</h1>' );
		the_content();
		comments_template();
	}
	print '<div class="clear"></div>';
}

/* Create as many Widgetized Areas Here. */
mf_custom_sidebar( 'homepage_1' );
mf_custom_sidebar( 'homepage_2' );

print '</div>';

get_sidebar();
get_footer();

?>

@delayedinsanity – Thanks for the link to Ozh’s script. That looks really helpful, and sorry for the slow response, it’s rare that I look at old posts past the first page.

@jeffr0 – I agree that a validation team or a gated directory are not really good solutions to poorly written/outdated plugins. One thing that the WordPress team has implemented that I am really excited about is the new “Compatibility” feature for each plugin’s page. Hopefully this feature will become a trusted resource that users will check before installation.

Another interesting idea might be a General Housekeeping Contest which could serve to get many developers digging through the plugins directory, locating non-standard code and bringing it up to par. I’d be down to participate in this. I recently suggested a similar idea that revolves around themes here:
http://www.wptavern.com/forum/general-wordpress/1069-you-joining-premium-mod-competition.html#post9282

No problem, ellohn. Glad to hear that you got it to work!

This is the only one that I have seen that provides the functionality that you are looking for: P2. There might be more though and I would be interested in finding out if anyone else knows.