Fabric theme homepage slider?

[vanhovland]

Hi I have begun building a site using Fabric: http://96.127.180.186/~mvmontes/

I would like to add a slider to the homepage similar to this site: http://www.yourecofriend.com/

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Carolyn]

Here's what I did.

I added a widget area just below the secondary navigation.
To the function.php I add the code

/** Register widget areas */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'home-top',
'name' => __( 'Home Top', 'fabric' ),
'description' => __( 'This is the top section of the homepage', 'fabric' ),
) );

 

Then I created a home.php and added

<?php
/** Add home top widget area */
add_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'home_top' );

function home_top() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-top' );
}

genesis();

 

After that I went to Appearances > Widgets

and in my new widget area Saw there was an area called Home Top.
In that widget, I put the Genesis Responsive Slider.

[vanhovland]

when I try to add that code to my function.php I get this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/mvmontes/public_html/wp-content/themes/fabric/functions.php on line 39

[Carolyn]

Check that you aren't missing a semi-colon or something in the code.

[vanhovland]

Thanks for your help so far, but I am still having problems, I am copying and pasting your coding from above:

/** Register widget areas */
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
‘id’ => ‘home-top’,
‘name’ => __( ‘Home Top’, ‘fabric’ ),
‘description’ => __( ‘This is the top section of the homepage’, ‘fabric’ ),
) );

and I keep getting errors and have to restore my function.php through my file manager. I am fairly new to coding, so I am not sure how to check what it wrong.

[Brad Dalton]

Delete that code and add this to the end of your child themes functions.php file.

Grab the raw version of the code please.

https://gist.github.com/5198288.git

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[vanhovland]

Thanks Brad...I am almost there. Added the genesis slider. Only shows up if I list it as a post page, rather than a static one. Will the slider show up on a static front page or do I need to change something on the page that I want as the static one?

Thanks again everyone for the help!

[Carolyn]

Okay, so I'm new to it and I added a slider the way I wrote, but I'd go with Brad's since he is probably more experienced.

Brad - what is your code? Maybe I should change mine.

[Brad Dalton]

Hi Carolyn and @vanhovland.

I just wrote that code for the home page but its really flexible. You can change the conditional tag to display based on any conditions and change the output based on the genesis hook locations.

Let me know exactly what you want and i'll modify it on git.

 

P.S Always grab the raw version of the code.

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[vanhovland]

Brad,

What I am wanting is a static front page (welcome is what I have called mine), that has the slider on it. Do I need to have a home.php file as Carolyn suggested, or just add the coding to the function.php. Does what I am wanting make sense?

Thanks, Heidi

[Carolyn]

Here's where I am
http://todd.carolyncreates.com/

I've got the Genesis Slider in, but have space between the subnav and slider. I've also tried to update the slider but it won't (another topic)

Should I change my code from above to the one you listed?

[Brad Dalton]

That's what the code does. It outputs the widget content on the home page only, in this case the slider and displays it full width before the content using the before content sidebar wrap hook.

Paste the raw version of the code at the end of your child themes functions.php file.

No home.php needed nor is it best practice to edit template files unless they are in the child theme.

Keep all custom coding in the child themes style.css and functions.php files.

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[vanhovland]

Great, that is clear, no home.php needed.

The slider still only works when front page - your latest posts is selected. Will it work on a static front page as well?

[Carolyn]

Great, thanks Brad. I've now subscribed to your feed. I'm sure I'll learn a lot!

[Brad Dalton]

Yeah mostly Genesis Tutorials and code snippets at the moment so it should be useful Carolyn.

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[Carolyn]

Probably VERY USEFUL. I'm in the beginning (hacking) stages so I'm trying to learn as much as possible.

Do you post much on G+?

I'll follow you there too if you do.

[Brad Dalton]

Yep. I share all my new posts to a few social networks.

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