Remove Simple Sidebar from home.php

[xtego]

I previously removed the primary sidebar from home.php using the following line:

remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );

This worked great, however, as I continued to work on the site it became clear to me that I was going to have to use different sidebars on different pages.  I added Genesis Simple Sidebars.  This was a perfect solution for what I needed.  However, now the primary sidebar is back on my home page.  Apparently the line above has no bearing when you are using simple sidebars.  What do I need to do to remove the primary sidebar generated by simple sidebars on the homepage only (home.php)?  I am assuming it is another simple one-liner, but i'm having trouble figuring it out.  Can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance!

[Brad Dalton]

You'd need a conditional tag.

!is_home()

Or try this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/genesis-layout-extras/

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[xtego]

Genesis Layout Extras would work nicely, however, I need to maintain the secondary sidebar.  There is no option for "Content-Secondary" that I see.

 

Can you explain where I would use the conditional tag?... (you'll have to forgive me, I'm not much of a coder)

 

Thanks!

[Brad Dalton]

You'd need to post this in the plugin forum and David will answer you quickly. Its to do with the plugin.

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[xtego]

I shouldn't have to use Genesis Layout Extras.  All I have to do is remove the Primary Sidebar from one page.  I've done it before with a single line added to home.php when I was using the default sidebars.  Simple Sidebars obviously has a different name for the action.  I'm trying to figure out what that is.

I've tried adding the following line to home.php, but to no avail:

remove_action('genesis_sidebar', 'ss_do_sidebar');

 

[xtego]

I figured it out.  I made changes to genesis-simple-sidebars/plugin.php.  I replaced these lines:

function ss_sidebars_init() {
     remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );
     remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar_alt', 'genesis_do_sidebar_alt' );
     add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'ss_do_sidebar' );
     add_action( 'genesis_sidebar_alt', 'ss_do_sidebar_alt' );

}

with this (based off of your original suggestion):

function ss_sidebars_init() {
     if (!is_home()) {

          remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'genesis_do_sidebar' );
          remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar_alt', 'genesis_do_sidebar_alt' );
          add_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'ss_do_sidebar' );
          add_action( 'genesis_sidebar_alt', 'ss_do_sidebar_alt' );

          }

}

This, in effect, maintains the standard sidebars for the home page, while all other pages get simple sidebars.   Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[Brad Dalton]

You could filter it out on the homepage using a conditional tag in a custom function.

Just remember to copy that file locally so you can upload it when the plugin updates. Not really best practice.

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[optimus203]

So is there a custom function solution for this problem? I have the same issue and would like to try to avoid modifying the plugin code.

[Brad Dalton]

Try this:

//* Force full width content layout
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );

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[optimus203]

Thanks Brad. That was the filter I found on another site. Works like a charm. Thanks for the time and info.

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