Adding Code to Custom Functions Kills Site

[seanerin72]

Hi, when I add code to the "custom functions" box under custom code, it shuts down my website. Meaning, when I try to go to my site, I get only a white screen. Here is my site: http://www.blackboarddreams.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Victor Font]

It would be helpful if you posted the code that's breaking the site.

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[seanerin72]

Here is just one bit of code that I used:

<?php if (is_category( 'sophs' )) {

echo do_shortcode("[metaslider id=5769]");

} ?>

Thank you so much.

[coralseait]

You are probably already in php mode so need for the extra tags. So change it to:

if (is_category( ‘sophs’ )) {

echo do_shortcode(“[metaslider id=5769]”);

}

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Coral Sea IT

[Victor Font]

Also, use straight quotes, not curly quotes. Curly quotes will break php.

if (is_category( 'sophs' )) {

echo do_shortcode("[metaslider id=5769]");

}

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Regards,

Victor
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[coralseait]

Yeah, I've posted about tick versus back tick / etc on here before. For some reason a lot of discussion software mangles that and people just need to be aware cutting and pasting from the internet can be dangerous depending on character set, etc.

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Coral Sea IT

[seanerin72]

Thank you so much for getting back to me. I have changed the code to:

if (is_category( 'sophs' )) {

echo do_shortcode("[metaslider id=5769]");

}

Putting that code in the "custom functions" box does nothing. So, now using the simple hooks plugin, I input that code in the "genesis header hook" section clicking all three boxes (unhook genesis_do_header, execute shortcodes, execute php). If you click the link to my sophomore page you will see that the slider is there but so is the wording of the code. Also, the slider has been included on ALL of my pages when I only wanted it on the sophomore page.
http://www.blackboarddreams.com/category/sophs/

Help please... 🙂 The school year is fast approaching...

[emasai]

Look at your quotation marks in Simple Hooks, Coral Sea and Victor both mentioned this. There is a big difference between
” and " or ’ and '. It's very slight I know, but that will kill your php. Anything you add into the header will appear on all pages, so you will have to use a conditional statement to select only the page you want your slider to appear. See here

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[Brad Dalton]

Try this in your functions file and change the hook position

function output_metaslider() {
if (is_category( ‘sophs’ )) {
 echo do_shortcode("[metaslider id=5769]"); 
     }
}
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'output_metaslider' );

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