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1. 

   jaymp
   Member

   I'm trying to add a widget ready area to the belowfooter action hook. This is my code:

   <?php

   //register bucket area
   function bucket_bar( ) {
   register_sidebar (array (
   'name' => 'Bucket Bar',
   'id' => 'bucket-bar',
   'description' => __( 'A widget area between the footer and the content', 'thematic'),
   'before_widget' => thematic_before_widget( ) ,
   'after_widget' => thematic_after_widget( ) ,
   'before_title' => thematic_before_title( ) ,
   'after_title' => thematic_after_title( ) )
   ) ;
   }

   add_action('init', 'bucket_bar') ;

   //add bucket widget area
   function add_bucket_bar( ) {
   if (is_sidebar_active('bucket-bar')) {
   echo thematic_before_widget_area(dynamic_sidebar('bucket-bar'));
   dynamic_sidebar('bucket-bar');
   echo thematic_after_widget_area('bucket-bar');
   }
   }

   add_action('thematic_abovefooter', 'add_bucket-bar', 10);
   ?>

   The widget area registers, and shows in my dashboard, but will not show on the live site when I place widgets into it.

   Criticism and suggestion heavily appreciated.

   Posted 12 years ago #
2. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   did you resolve this? can't think of a reason this wouldn't work.. except maybe funny CSS. does the widget show up in the markup (ie if you View Source) ?

   link?

   Posted 12 years ago #
3. 

   jaymp
   Member

   Thanks for looking at it. I've been busy on other parts of the customization, so it's still not resolved. At first I thought it was CSS, but it doesn't show in the source code at all. I did do this:

   //add test content for above footer hook
   function test_above_footer () {
   {?>

   <h1>This is a test </h1>

   <?php } }
   add_action('thematic_abovefooter','test_above_footer');

   Which shows up properly. I don't know. I'm a bit lost here.

   Posted 12 years ago #
4. 

   middlesister
   Member

   In thematic_before_widget_area, shouldn't it be
   echo thematic_before_widget_area('bucket-bar');
   instead of
   echo thematic_before_widget_area(dynamic_sidebar('bucket-bar')); ?

   Posted 12 years ago #
5. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   threw it into a local install and you've got 2 problems. i'm actually surprised this worked locally for you, b/c i got error messages straight away.

   first, a typo in the add_action. you are trying to add add_bucket-bar when you've defined add_bucket_bar.

   second,

   echo thematic_before_widget_area(dynamic_sidebar('bucket-bar'));

   was causing it to print out the dynamic_sidebar a second time.

   try this:
   

   //add bucket widget area
   function add_bucket_bar( ) {
   if (is_sidebar_active('bucket-bar')) {
   echo thematic_before_widget_area('bucket-bar');
   dynamic_sidebar('bucket-bar');
   echo thematic_after_widget_area('bucket-bar');
   }
   }
   
   add_action('thematic_abovefooter', 'add_bucket_bar', 10);

   also live sites tend to suppress error messages and error messages can be key to solving problems.

   i really like
   http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-easily-enabledisable-debug-mode-in-wordpress

   for easier debugging. can't fix what you don't know is broke.

   Posted 12 years ago #
6. 

   middlesister
   Member

   Yeah, enabling debug is a good thing. A useful plugin is http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/, it will add a debug menu to your admin bar. Very handy.

   Posted 12 years ago #
7. 

   jaymp
   Member

   Awesome. Thank you both a million.

   Posted 12 years ago #
8. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   if that solved it don't forget to mark as resolved. cheers

   Posted 12 years ago #
9. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   if that solved it don't forget to mark as resolved. cheers

   Posted 12 years ago #

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