Choosing different sidebar for home page (latest posts)

[paulag01]

I thought I had found the solution to my problem here on this thread:

Custom sidebar per page?

But it isn't quite doing it for me.

I have a site where home page = latest posts. I want that page to display a sidebar other than the default (it is the sidebar I have on all the other pages which I could choose one page at a time). I am using Genesis Simple Sidebars.

But I am using this code:

/** Change out default sidebar on home page */
function pg_change_genesis_sidebar() {
if ( is_home() ) {
remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' ); //remove the default genesis sidebar
add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'pg_do_sidebar' ); //add an action hook to call the function for my custom sidebar
}
}

//Function to output my custom sidebar
function pg_do_sidebar() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-pages-sidebar' );
}

Where the 'home-pages-sidebar'
is the slug for the sidebar I created in Genesis simple sidebar.

The URL is: http://socialmediajustforwriters.com/

But I will temporarily change back the sidebars I created (yet again) because I can't have the pieces missing that I need temporarily on the clients site.

What am I missing to make this work?

Thank you!
_Paula

http://socialmediajustforwriters.com/

[Tom]

This could be easier than you think with the Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin.

1. The Plugin:
Install and activate the plugin.
Use the plugin to create a new sidebar. Let's call it "Home Page Primary".
Fill the new sidebar with your content for "Home".

2. The Pages:
Create a new page called "Home Page Blog".
Set "Page Attributes > Template" to "Blog".
Set the "Sidebar Selection" to "Home Page Primary".

3. The Settings:
In "Reading > Settings"; Set "Front page" to "Home Page Blog"; set "Posts page" to "Blog Page".

Edit: ...
4. Undo the code you've added earlier.

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[paulag01]

Thank you so much Tom!

Mentally I was thinking how do I make the home page and blog page (given they are all latest posts) "different". This solution worked like a charm.

Thanks for simplifying!

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