feeling a bit lost with php is_home

[Chrys]

Hi,

I am training with genesis and functions and on a site I develop on local, I have used this great tutorial to add a full width image to a studiopress theme. I'm with Sample.

Add Full Width Image In Any StudioPress Theme

The thing is i have set up my site as follow:

homepage displays : static page
posts are: a page called blog

When I add the php code for my full width the code is made so that this image appears on home : is_home but in my case it appears on the blog page... So how I'm confused. In genesis, is it always the blog page that is defined by is_home ?
I could add like the tutorial says is_archive but I just want my full width image on my "static homepage"..
What should I use then?

Kind regards

Chrys

[Brad Dalton]

The is_home() conditional returns true for the posts page which in your case is your blog page and the is_front_page() for the front page

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[Chrys]

Hi Brad,

So when I choose the static layout for the "home" I should use is_front_page() right?
By the meantime because I'm curious I have tried a few things and found it has worked when writing is_page (4) , 4 being the Id of my page. Is it good as well or is it best practice to use is_front_page?

Thanks !

[Brad Dalton]

is_front_page()

Yes, if you use the Reading settings to display a static page as your front page you could also use the page I.D

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[Marcy]

Brad has a nice blog post on this too.
http://wpsites.net/web-design/using-conditional-tags-for-home-front-blog-pages/

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