Hey guys, me again.
Just wondering how possible is it to have custom sidebars, or having some way to put custom content within a sidebar depending on which category or Author page is currently being displayed?
For example, on my homepage I want to have the sites Facebook like box in the sidebar, but in the author page I want the authors category box there instead.
Thanks a lot guys for your continued support!
fwunder
Member
Hi @meevil,
You might want to consider using custom fields and/or body classes.
I'm playing around with similar ideas in my sandbox. *disclaimer* -- This is a pretty radical and probably a bit naive approach to some Thematic mods and should not be considered "standard". It's just a sandbox, but might give you some ideas...
**double disclaimer** read the first disclaimer!
you can create new widget areas and conditionally define what pages/sections they appear on. no need for body classes.
or you can hard code the same conditional stuff into some functions that latch onto thematic_abovemainasides, thematic_belowmainasides, or thematic_betweenmainasides
fwunder
Member
@helgatheviking, the widget idea is a good one and reminded me of something I've used successfully and easily in the past:
Conditional Widgets
How would I go about that Helga?
New Widget areas sounds good. Would I be able to define these areas to show up only certain versions of the following pages?
- Category
- Author
- Single Post (by a certain Author / In a certain Category)
yes. please see this for how to set up a new widget area
http://forums.themeshaper.com/topic/something-new-bout-widgetized-areas#post-6660
the important things you will need to change are the action_hook (which will decide the location of your widget area)... and then the function... which is where you can elaborate the conditional logic
Thanks! Works a treat! :D
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