Create sidebars outside functions.php via include

[cliffdemandt]

Hi all,

Because my functions.php was becoming very large I decided to split it up into seperate documents.
I made the following structure:

/* IMPORTS -------------------------------------------------------- */

//login screen
include 'includes/login.php';

//create widgets
include 'includes/widgets.php';

//blog adjustments
include 'includes/blog.php';

//Responsive
include 'includes/responsive.php';

and on...

But when I put the genesis_register_sidebar part in the included widgets.php it does not work.
I also tried to wrap it in a function but that does not work either.

includes/widgets.php:

/** Registreren widget areas **/
add_action( 'genesis_init', 'create_widgets_areas');
function create_widgets_areas()
{
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'search-bar',
		'name'			=> __( 'Zoekbalk bovenin', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Deze widget is voor de zoekbalk prominent op de homepagina.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'home-header-overlay-img',
		'name'			=> __( 'Home - Overlay', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'This is the call to action section on the home page.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'laatste-nieuws-large',
		'name'			=> __( 'Laatste nieuws large', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Hier komt het laatste nieuws met grote afbeelding.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'laatste-nieuws-medium',
		'name'			=> __( 'Laatste nieuws medium', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Hier komt het laatste nieuws met middelafbeelding.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'laatste-nieuws-small',
		'name'			=> __( 'Laatste nieuws small', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Hier komt het laatste nieuws met kleine afbeelding.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'testimonials',
		'name'			=> __( 'Testimonials', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Hier komen de testimonials.', 'globeview' ),
	) );
	genesis_register_sidebar( array(
		'id'			=> 'collapsing-categories',
		'name'			=> __( 'Collapsing categories', 'globeview' ),
		'description'	=> __( 'Hier komen de categorieën', 'globeview' ),
	) );
}

Can anybody tell me how to create the widgets from an external document which is imported into functions.php?

Kind regards,
Cliff

[carasmo]

The way it is done in WordPress is different. See http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/11/17/how-to-load-files-within-wordpress-themes and other examples in other themes.

In a child theme inside an includes directory:

require_once( trailingslashit( get_stylesheet_directory() ) . '/includes/file-name.php' );

or, if in the root of the child theme:

require_once( trailingslashit( get_stylesheet_directory() ) . 'file-name.php' );

Then in the included file itself use ONE opening php tag, NO closing tag and start it with:

<?php

/**
 * What is this include about
 *
 * @author      Your Name
 * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2016, Your Name
 * @license     GPL-2.0+
 * @link        ???
 * @version     ???
 *   
 */
 
 
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

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[carasmo]

Also, you should take a course in WordPress development or use the Codex because if you work with debug on as is recommended, you would have seen that the files won't be included the way you did it.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

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