Shortcode widget plugin that is compatible with genesis for 2nd landing page?

[phoenixjade]

Hi can anyone recommend a plugin that I might be able to use to add widgets to a single page content. I tried using the amr shortcode plugin and it just doenst seem to want to work. It worked at first for default widgets but not anymore. From what I can gather from googling a solution there seems to be a conflict with genesis. Ive also tried “widget shortcode” but got a fatal error

What I am trying to do is create a second landing page for just one category in my blog but I want it to be set up like you would see on the home page with featured posts widgets.

Ultimately I would like 1 featured post widget per tag belonging to a category. That might be too specific to achieve with a widgets alone but really Id be happy with just knowing how to add a widget to the content area of page.

fyi I am currently using news pro

thanks in advance for any help and reading:)

[Ben @ Inbound Creative]

It's pretty simple to do using the Genesis hooks, though it does require some knowledge of PHP.

Can I just double check what you want though before I write the code? (It'll take me a couple of minutes once I know what you want).

Do you mean you want the featured box to appear at the top of the category's archive page?

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[phoenixjade]

Hi Ben

Thanks for the reply. What Im trying to achieve is to create a fresh new page or post that mimics the front page. So not the category's archive page at all, but a blank new page that I can write some content, add some images then use a shortcode if possible to insert some widgets

Basically exactly what the AMR shortcode any widget does - but for some reason doesn't play nicely with genesis.

[Ben @ Inbound Creative]

I can recreate the whole home page template for you if that's easier? You would then just create a page and select the custom template.

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[phoenixjade]

That sounds like a great solution. I appreciate the help

[Ben @ Inbound Creative]

Simply copy and paste the below code into a new file and call it landingpage.php

<?php
/**
 * This file adds a customisable page to your theme.
 *
 * @author Advice Media
 * @subpackage Customizations
 *
 * Template Name: Landing Page
 */

add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'am_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
 * Add widget support for homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 */
function am_home_genesis_meta() {

	if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-top' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-bottom' ) ) {

		// Force content-sidebar layout setting
		add_filter( 'genesis_site_layout', '__genesis_return_content_sidebar' );

		// Add am-home body class
		add_filter( 'body_class', 'am_body_class' );

		// Remove the default Genesis loop
		remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );

		// Add homepage widgets
		add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'am_landing_page_widgets' );

	}
}

function am_body_class( $classes ) {

	$classes[] = 'landing';
	return $classes;
	
}

function am_landing_page_widgets() {

	genesis_widget_area( 'landing-top', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-top widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
	) );

	genesis_widget_area( 'landing-middle', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-middle widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
	) );

	genesis_widget_area( 'landing-bottom', array(
		'before' => '<div class="home-bottom widget-area">',
		'after'  => '</div>',
	) );

}

genesis();

You'll also need to add the following sidebars underneath the others in your functions.php file:

genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'			=> 'landing-top',
	'name'			=> __( 'Landing Page | Top', 'am'),
	'description'	=> __( 'Section for the landing-top', 'am' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'			=> 'landing-middle',
	'name'			=> __( 'Landing Page | Middle', 'am'),
	'description'	=> __( 'Section for the landing-middle', 'am' ),
) );
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
	'id'			=> 'landing-bottom',
	'name'			=> __( 'Landing Page | Bottom', 'am'),
	'description'	=> __( 'Section for the landing-bottom', 'am' ),
) );

I've left the landing page widget areas' css the same as the home page so that you won't need to dive in an add a ton of css.

Once you're done, create a new page and then in the template menu on the right hand side, select Landing Page as the template.

Hey presto, you're done.

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[phoenixjade]

Thank-you so much. I really appreciate this

[Ben @ Inbound Creative]

I missed out a little bit of info, so just have a re-read over the stuff before you do anything. 🙂

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