How to specify a sidebar for a template

[derekalvarez]

How do I specify what sidebar to show for a custom template?

I created a sidebar called “events” with Genesis Simple Sidebars and only want that to show on my events page. Here is the code I already have on the template file…

<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar widget-area">
<?php genesis_sidebar() ?>
</div>


I think the code I need to add is something like this, but I’m not sure how to apply it…

genesis_widget_area( ‘events’, array( ‘before’ => ”, ‘after’ => ”,


http://test.epicmag.org/events/

[Brad Dalton]

Simply select it from the meta box on the edit screen of the template.

You can also add custom post type support for CPT templates for Genesis Simple Sidebars. http://ahjira.com/enable-genesis-simple-sidebars-plugin-for-custom-post-types/

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[derekalvarez]

I forgot to mention it's an Events Calendar plugin template file and I can't access a page to edit it like that. They automatically create a page link called /events

[Brad Dalton]

You can change the layout in Genesis conditionally use PHP code in your functions.php file but it looks like that may not work for a template generated by a plugin.

I would ask the plugin author.

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[derekalvarez]

I can change the template file, but the plugin doesn't create a page for me to select the sidebar. Here is the code I have on the template file...


<?php
/**
* Default Events Template
* This file is the basic wrapper template for all the views if 'Default Events Template'
* is selected in Events -> Settings -> Template -> Events Template.
*
* Override this template in your own theme by creating a file at [your-theme]/tribe-events/default-template.php
*
* @package TribeEventsCalendar
* @since 3.0
* @author Modern Tribe Inc.
*
*/

if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ) { die('-1'); } ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content-sidebar-wrap">

<div id="content">
<div id="tribe-events-pg-template">
<?php tribe_events_before_html(); ?>
<?php tribe_get_view(); ?>
<?php tribe_events_after_html(); ?>
</div> <!-- #tribe-events-pg-template -->
</div>

<div id="sidebar" class="sidebar widget-area">
<?php genesis_sidebar() ?>
</div>

</div> <!-- #content-sidebar-wrap -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>


I asked the plugin author and he said to check with my theme author.

[Brad Dalton]

Can you please link to the template.

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[derekalvarez]

Did you mean this...
http://test.epicmag.org/events/

[Brad Dalton]

An easy way around this may be to use conditional widgets with the page slug for your custom template.

Widget Logic is a plugin where you can simply add conditional tags to hide or display specific widgets on different pages.

is_page(events) or !is_page(events)

Hard to test unless i setup everything the same as you have with the plugin installed and same code as you have.

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[derekalvarez]

That worked perfect! Thanks, Brad!

I looked here to see how to do the opposite...
http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

I want to take another widget and make sure it doesn't show on the events page... do you know how to do this? Something like...


if_page(events): false


[Brad Dalton]

Try this:

!is_page(events)

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[derekalvarez]

I tried...


is_page(events)


and...


!is_page(events)


And it either stops showing it altogether or shows it on every page. Then I tried...


is_page(events) or !is_page(events)


And it shows it on every page.

[derekalvarez]

It had worked at first and then stopped, weird.

[derekalvarez]

I found a better plugin (for me)...
http://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/

This took care of everything. Thanks for setting me on the right track!

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