Re-writing template code to include dynamic sidebar and custom sidebar

  • First of all, I indicated that I’m using WP 3.0, but I really don’t know what version this is. I didn’t install this, and I don’t have access to the readme file.

    I’m creating a new template for press release articles. It will be the same as my default page template except I want to include a custom sidebar (called sidebar3.php) along with the dynamic sidebar that currently appears on the default page template. Currently the code in the default template is –

    <?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, custom_sidebar_value, true) != NULL)
	{include get_post_meta($post->ID, custom_sidebar_value, $single = true);}
	else {include('sidebar.php');}

 ?>

    We’re using a third-party theme, so I guess this was written by that programmer. So I want the new press release theme to still show the meta stuff and dynamic sidebar PLUS my custom sidebar. I don’t know how to edit php so I’m hoping for some assistance. Thanks, and lmk if I’ve posted in the wrong place.

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  • Thread Starter catwoman2970

    (@catwoman2970)

    Also, I don’t need any reference to sidebar.php in the new template. That was something the theme creator added in case there are no widgets in the dynamic sidebar.

    Thread Starter catwoman2970

    (@catwoman2970)

    Also, what’s tricky is that I’m trying to pull in the sidebar3 data within the div container that is generated by the if-else php statement so that the data is nicely enclosed in it with the other widgets. I’d rather not add separate css to get the sidebar3 data to align properly. I realize that the following code would work, but again this puts sidebar3 outside the div.

    <?php
if(get_post_meta($post->ID, custom_sidebar_value, true) != NULL)
	{include get_post_meta($post->ID, custom_sidebar_value, $single = true);}
	else {include('sidebar.php');} ?>
<?php include('sidebar3.php'); ?>

    Thanks.

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