Why oh why doesn't my if statement work?

[cosmocanuck]

Hi all! I'm pretty new to Genesis but moderately good at PHP and template modification, though there's always new struggles, aka "$#@! learning opportunities". 8^)

That said, I'm trying to have a different image in my homepage header than on other pages. Simple, no? No. Every method I've located to do this seems horribly complicated, and I've yet to get it to work. I'd rather code it, not rely on a plugin. Here's what I did in my functions.php file:

Lines 15-19 are the only change I made - a simple 'if' statement. BUT... I'm getting the same image on all pages, the "special case" homepage line is seemingly ignored.

is there some Genesis mojo I don't know about that is keeping this from working?

Many many MANY thanks for any help.

Adam

http://www.snapshotscollective.com/wp/

[Tony @ AlphaBlossom]

Hey Adam,

Your code didn't post. Try it in the code tags, or maybe use something like http://pastebin.com/ and post the link so we can try to help.

Thanks,
Tony

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[Lauren @ OnceCoupled]

Basic question, but have you tried using if ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) {?

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[Tony @ AlphaBlossom]

Thanks Lauren...wierd, I saw the link in my email, but nowhere on the forum :/

Luaren's recommendation should take care of it...there's a good chance your theme is using front-page.php for the home page, so you have to check for is_front_page.

You might have to remove is_home, depending on your setup...that may cause the image to also show on the blog home page.

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[cosmocanuck]

Here's a pastebin version. Lauren, I did use that code as well but it seemed not to make a difference...

http://pastebin.com/dcppyiSa

[cosmocanuck]

Disregard my last post, everyone - Lauren's suggestion DID work!

Thanks so much!

[Lauren @ OnceCoupled]

Tony, I also couldn't get the gist to link nor embed, so I ended up just removing it to reduce confusion for anyone else who stumbled onto this forum.

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