Balance Theme: display featured left & right widgets sitewide

[Frank]

Hi,

After looking at my functions.php file, I couldn't find how to tell WP to display the "Featured Right/Left" widgets sitewide and would greatly appreciate if you can tell me how and where to do this.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[SoZo]

That function is in home.php. You'd need to move it to functions.php

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[Frank]

Thanks Sozo,

I'm using front-page.php instead and I can't get the code to work yet. Can you please tell me what to change in here to have both widgets to appear sitewide?

This is the current code:


<?php

add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'balance_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
* Add widget support for homepage.
*
*/
function balance_home_genesis_meta() {

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' ) ) {

add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'balance_home_loop_helper' );

}
}

/**
* Display widget content for home featured sections.
*
*/
function balance_home_loop_helper() {

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' ) ) {

echo '';

echo '';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-featured-left' );
echo '';

echo '';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-featured-right' );
echo '';

echo '';

}

}

genesis();

Regards

[Frank]

This may be easier to read: http://pastie.org/private/vefkvflxxxrxwfym1z3ja

Regards

[SoZo]

You have to move the code into functions.php.

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[Frank]

Understood. I tried to paste the code in my functions.php file but a syntax error appeared, as I don't really know the language.

Can you tell me what the code should look like following this new page:
http://pastie.org/private/vqblajaqfafxj3rl8e6k0g

I pasted exactly like this and the error appeared.

1. What do I need to change to this code to work?
2. Will this code make both widgets to appear in the entire site?

[Frank]

After looking at the original code, but trying to display it in the entire site, I came with this code
http://pastie.org/5849119
...but it is causing a Error 500 (Internal Server Error).

I know my syntax is wrong, although I can't tell where/why.

Can you check it out and help me correct it?

[SoZo]

You're missing a closing curly brace at the end and you don't really need these conditionals

&& ( is_singular() || is_page() || is_archive() ) )

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[Frank]

Nope! Still having problems here.

I've deleted the conditionals, added the closing curly brace and also corrected the hook where I want the widget to appear, but when pasting it to my functions.php file, it still causes the same 500 Error.

This is the latest code...
http://pastie.org/5850228

Thanks for all your help!

[Frank]

Hello anybody?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

[cdils]

Hi there,

Re-do your single and double quotes - looks like they are stylized and not plain.

🙂

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[surefirewebserv]

500 error usually means that some syntax is wrong.  Check the rest of the code and make sure you have everything ending correctly etc. Ending ; and no missing commas, etc.

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[Marco]

I have just copied/pasted the code on http://pastie.org/5850228 at the very end of my functions.php file and it looks good.

Maybe there's something wrong somewhere else on the functions.php or on the front-page.php.

Could you paste the content of those files?

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[David Decker]

I also took the code from http://pastie.org/5850228 into a "Balance" test install and placed at the bottom of functions.php and it was working immediately!

Logically all is ok with the code, so there could be something other in your install beside the syntax that is conflicting? Maybe you have other code snippets that hook in via the hook "genesis_after_content"?

Hope this helps, Dave 🙂

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[Frank]

Hello and thanks a lot everyone 🙂

@ cdils - commas are ok, but thanks; @ David - That's the only hook to genesis_after_content but thanks for pointing that out. Please look at the entire file to see if you can spot something else...

@ surefirewebserv, @ Marco - Yep, I also believe the problem is in the syntax elsewhere in the functions.php file, so as you suggest Marco, I'm copying the code in here: http://pastie.org/5940942

Thanks again

[Marco]

Looks like you're already using balance_include_text
add_action('genesis_after_post_content', 'balance_include_text', 1);

you cannot use the same name for the action if they do different things:
add_action('genesis_after_header', 'balance_include_text', 1);

Change one balance_include_text to something else.

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[Frank]

Neat & Plain indeed! That was the problem, and now it is solved.

Thanks a lot Marco 🙂

[Marco]

You're welcome. Glad it's solved.

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