Can't Register Genesis Sidebar – Fatal Error

[anschoolfield]

I'm using Genesis 2.0.2 and Picture Perfect child theme from AgentEvolution.

I want to add a new widget area to the left of the screen. I've used this tutorial numerous times on other sites and it's worked every time. Now, when I put in the first snippet into my functions.php, I get this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function genesis_register_sidebar() in /home4/myamanda/public_html/test/wp-content/themes/picture-perfect/functions.php on line 90

What do I need to do to register the function?

http://test.myamandadesignplayground.com/

[nutsandbolts]

I'm not familiar with that child theme, but some do things a little differently and require a different type of function. Can you paste in the functions.php from the child?

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[nutsandbolts]

You may need to try it like this:

add_action( 'genesis_setup', 'nabm_banner' );
function nabm_banner() {
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'		=> 'pagewidget',
	'name'		=> __( 'Page Widget', 'nabm' ),
	'description'	=> __( 'This is the widget area for a specific page.', 'nabm' ),
) );
}

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[anschoolfield]

Sure,

<?php
/**
 * Functions
 *
 * PHP version 5
 *
 * @package  PicturePerfect/Setup
 * @author   Agent Evolution <[email protected]>
 * @license  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License
 * @link     http://themes.agentevolution.com
 */

if (defined('ABSPATH') === false) {
    die('Sorry, you are not allowed to access this file directly.');
}

define('AE_CHILD_THEME_NAME', 'Picture Perfect');
define('AE_CHILD_THEME_SLUG', 'picture-perfect');

require_once 'lib/classes/class-agentevo-helpers.php';
require_once 'lib/classes/class-agentevo-customizer.php';
require_once 'lib/classes/class-agentevo-nav-walker.php';
require_once 'lib/functions/admin.php';
require_once 'lib/functions/frontend.php';


/**
 * Outputs the footer markup
 *
 * @return void
 */
function picture_perfect_footer()
{
    ?>
    <div class="one-half first footer-left">
        <?php echo do_shortcode(genesis_get_option('footer-left', 'agentevo-footer-settings')); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="one-half footer-right">
        <?php echo do_shortcode(genesis_get_option('footer-right', 'agentevo-footer-settings')); ?>
    </div>
    <?php

    $disclaimer = genesis_get_option('disclaimer', 'agentevo-footer-settings');

    if (false === empty($disclaimer)) {
        echo '
        <div class="footer-disclaimer">',
            do_shortcode(wpautop($disclaimer)),
        '</div>';
    }
}


# Include functions that should run in development only
# Else serve css/style.css
// if ( isset($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']) && 'localhost' == $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] ) {
// 	require_once 'lib/classes/class-agentevo-development-setup.php';
// } else {
// 	add_filter('stylesheet_uri', 'picture_perfect_stylesheet_uri', 10, 2);
// }


/**
 * Returns the path to the style.css file
 *
 * @return string path to the style.css file
 */
function picture_perfect_stylesheet_uri($stylesheet_uri, $stylesheet_dir_uri)
{
	return $stylesheet_dir_uri . '/style.css';
}


if ( ! get_option('picture_perfect_theme_activation') ) {

	wp_remote_post(
		'http://themes.agentevolution.com/child-theme-stats',
		array(
		 'body' => array(
		 	 'theme' => 'picture_perfect',
		 	 'url'   => $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'],
		 	)
		)
	);

	add_option('picture_perfect_theme_activation', 'yes');
}

I've been adding the first snippet from your (awesome) tutorial at the very bottom. Usually I put it with the other register sidebar functions, but since there were no others I just put it at the bottom.

Thanks Andrea!

[nutsandbolts]

Yeah, that's what I thought. See my previous response above for a snippet that should work with the child theme. This one uses a lot of additional files outside the main child theme directory - I did some work for a client on one with a similar setup and the one above worked.

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[anschoolfield]

Alrighty,

It's not putting out Fatal Error anymore, so we're close! Now to get it to show up what do I need to add to home.php?

Here's home.php:

<?php
/**
 * Home
 *
 * PHP version 5
 *
 * @package  PicturePerfect
 * @author   Agent Evolution <[email protected]>
 * @license  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License
 * @link     http://themes.agentevolution.com
 */

add_action('genesis_meta', 'picture_perfect_home_genesis_meta');

/**
 * Add widget support for homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 * @return void
 */

function picture_perfect_home_genesis_meta()
{
	$sidebar_widget_areas = array(
		'home-right',
	);

	if (false === any_picture_perfect_sidebar_is_active($sidebar_widget_areas)) {
		add_filter('body_class', 'picture_perfect_blog_home_page_body_class');
		return;
	}

	add_filter('genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content');
	remove_action('genesis_after_content', 'genesis_footer_widget_areas', 999);

	# Custom body class
	add_filter('body_class', 'picture_perfect_custom_home_page_body_class');

	# Remove the loop and add a custom loop
	remove_action('genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop');
	add_action('genesis_loop', 'picture_perfect_home_loop_helper');
}


/**
 * Adds a custom body class on the home page
 *
 * @param array $classes the current body classes
 *
 * @return array modified classes
 */
function picture_perfect_blog_home_page_body_class($classes)
{
   $classes[] = 'blog-home-page';
   return $classes;
}

/**
 * Adds a custom body class on the home page
 *
 * @param array $classes the current body classes
 *
 * @return array modified classes
 */
function picture_perfect_custom_home_page_body_class($classes)
{
   $classes[] = 'custom-home-page';
   return $classes;
}

/**
 * Display widget content for homepage sections
 *
 * @return void
 */
function picture_perfect_home_loop_helper()
{
	echo '<div class="home-right">';

		picture_perfect_site_title_description_markup();

		if (is_active_sidebar('home-right')) {
			dynamic_sidebar('home-right');
		}
}

/**
 * Returns true if any of the picture_perfect sidebars are active
 *
 * @param array $sidebar_widget_areas registered sidebars for use on home page
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function any_picture_perfect_sidebar_is_active($sidebar_widget_areas)
{
	foreach($sidebar_widget_areas as $sidebar) {
		if ( is_active_sidebar($sidebar) ) {
			return true;
		}
	}

	return false;
}

genesis();

I only want it to show up on the home page.

Thanks!!

[nutsandbolts]

I'm guessing the theme has a home.php already? If so, my tutorial won't help you much since it depends on your template (assuming you're using a widgetized homepage and not a static page). If you can paste in the current home.php I'll try to help you get it working. Alternately, you can call it from functions.php with a conditional to display only on the homepage.

Edit: I see you beat me to it. Looking now 🙂

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[nutsandbolts]

So where exactly does this need to show in relation to what's on the homepage already?

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[anschoolfield]

Well, I can style it in CSS once it shows up, but basically I want it on the left, vertically centered. I'm going to put a call to action quote and button there.

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