Hide Sidebar if in Category

I actually have almost the same question as you. I might as well ask it here rather than create another thread.

How can I not display a sidebar when not on my main page. I.E. when displaying a blog post.

It should be about the same procedure as above.

If not in the Loop, you need to specify the current post ID as the second parameter for in_category function.

Perhaps this could help:

<?php if (in_category('Artists'), $id) { ?>
No dynamic sidebar shown.
<?php }else{ ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

Sorry, stuck your code in – got the following error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /****/****/public_html/forecourt.org.uk/wp-content/themes/asusena/sidebar.php on line 44
Is it because i’m not replacing the $id with an actual number?

@zero2heromn
Should it not just be:

<?php if (is_front_page()) { ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<?php }else{ ?>
No sidebar. Woohoo.
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

That will just hide a dynamic sidebar though. Maybe put conditional tags in the bottom of pages where it says <?php get_sidebar(); ?>.

Edit the code I gave so that it has <?php get_sidebar(); ?> where it calls the sidebar.

Sorry for the multiple posts BTW.

Oh, sorry I put the $id in the wrong place.. My bad..
Don’t change the $id. I think the $id the ID of the current post.

Try this:

<?php if (in_category('Artists', $id)) { ?>
No dynamic sidebar shown.
<?php }else{ ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

Thanks Nazieb that’s great ??

K

Sorry, but I’ve just realised that it’s not displaying on the home page.

It’s working fine everywhere else.

Tried changing it to:

<?php if (in_category('artists', $id)) { ?>
<?php if (is_home()) ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<?php }else{ ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

But comes up with error.

Sorry – can’t give live URL, as company I’m developing for won’t allow me.

K

Would it be best for me to create another if (is_home)?

K

Try this:

<?php if (in_category('Artists', $id) && !is_home()) { ?>
No dynamic sidebar shown.
<?php }else{ ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

hi,
i wanna try this code,

<?php if (in_category('Category', $id)) { ?>
No dynamic sidebar shown.
<?php }else{ ?>
<?php   /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
          if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

But, to which file i will add this code? To, index.php or page.php
thanx for your help