Widget Ready Home Page Modern Blogger Pro

[krystyn]

I'd like to make the home page of modern blogger pro widget ready so I can use featured post and do several different arrangements of posts (ie large featured, then two rows side by side, then another large featured).

I've used this tutorial and added everything.

Add additional featured widget on homepage of Blissful

There was some stuff on home.php originally but I had to delete it for the page to display. However, I've added a widget to "home top" (the widgets seem to have registered perfectly), but the home page isn't displaying the featured posts I've put in home top.

The original home.php:
add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'modernbloggerpro_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
* Add widget support for homepage.
*
*/
function modernbloggerpro_home_genesis_meta() {

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'slider' )) {

add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'modernbloggerpro_home_loop_helper' );

}
}

/** Remove the ad widget **/
remove_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'adspace_before_loop' );

/**
* Display widget content for home slider section
*
*/
function modernbloggerpro_home_loop_helper() {

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'slider' )) {

echo '<div id="slider">';
echo '<div class="slider">';
dynamic_sidebar( 'slider' );
echo '</div><!-- end .slider -->';
echo '</div><!-- end #slider -->';

}

}

My new home.php:

<?php

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

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

remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'news_home_loop_helper' );
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_content_sidebar' );
add_filter( 'body_class', 'add_body_class' );
function add_body_class( $classes ) {
$classes[] = 'modernbloggerpro';
return $classes;
}

}
}

function news_home_loop_helper() {

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-top' ) ) {

echo '<div id="home-top"><div class="border wrap">';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-top' );
echo '</div><!-- end .border wrap --></div><!-- end #home-top -->';

}

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle-right' ) ) {

echo '<div id="home-middle"><div class="border wrap">';

echo '<div class="home-middle-left">';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-left' );
echo '</div><!-- end .home-middle-left -->';

echo '<div class="home-middle-right">';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-right' );
echo '</div><!-- end .home-middle-right -->';

echo '</div><!-- end .border wrap --></div><!-- end #home-middle -->';

}

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-bottom' ) ) {

echo '<div id="home-bottom"><div class="border wrap">';
dynamic_sidebar( 'home-bottom' );
echo '</div><!-- end .border wrap --></div><!-- end #home-bottom -->';

}

}

genesis();

Is it because there are other widgets in there? Like slider and portfolio? What did I miss?

http://www.krizzydesigns-test.com/test3

[Brad Dalton]

This code cannot be tested because it breaks when you embed PHP directly into a webpage.

Please paste PHP code into a Github Gist and then link to it or embed it here. Thanks

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[krystyn]

Sorry about that @braddalton. Hopefully this works.

Here's my original home edits (ie, what I'm using now):
<script src="https://gist.github.com/anonymous/0096407243bad8f64110.js"></script>

Here's the modern home code that comes with the theme:

<script src="https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4afd5f28b9fe6575c86f.js"></script>

When I tried to combine the two nothing loaded on the home page at all. No header, no background, anything. Just a white space.

[Brad Dalton]

Where's the combined code?

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[krystyn]

@braddalton let me try one more time. Sorry about that.

<script src="https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e131e74e816288614be4.js"></script>

[Brad Dalton]

But where's the functions code which registers all the widgets?

Also, have you posted this on the theme Devs support forum?

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[krystyn]

To register the widgets, I used the tutorial here and swapped out the names: http://www.studiopress.community/topic/add-additional-featured-widget-on-homepage-of-blissful/

I haven't posted on the support page as it says that customizations aren't part of the help.

Here's the entirety of my functions.php:

<script src="https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6e1128b0fb16387f428e.js"></script>

I feel like I've just got one thing wrong and I can't figure it out. I know (think?) they are registered fine because they show on the widgets page. And, I can add things (and have added things to them), but the home page isn't changing and instead is just showing the most recent posts in order.

[krystyn]

@braddalton, I forgot to tag you.

[Tonya]

Hi,

Notice that the function for your new widgets is called: news_home_loop_helper(); However, in the function modernbloggerpro_home_genesis_meta(), it is referencing the wrong function name: add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'modernbloggerpro_home_loop_helper' );

add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'modern_home_genesis_meta' );
/**
 * Add widget support for homepage. If no widgets active, display the default loop.
 *
 */
function modernbloggerpro_home_genesis_meta() {
 
    if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-top' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle-left' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle-right' ) || is_active_sidebar( 'home-bottom' ) ) {
     
        remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' );
        add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'news_home_loop_helper' ); // Changed from modernbloggerpro_home_loop_helper

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[krystyn]

Thanks @tonya_lunarwp for the catch. I've changed it with no luck. I've added genesis grid to add some options, but it's not idea. I can't figure out what's wrong.

[Brad Dalton]

There's multiple problems with the code Krystyn.

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[krystyn]

Okay, @braddalton, I guess I will have to start over.

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