Section Based Single Landing Page Code Not Working for Me

Update 3

I thought maybe it was a plugin conflict, so I disabled all plugins. This, however, made no difference, leaving me to exclude plugins.

remove all this part:

add_action('wp_head' , 'section_page_hook_setup');
function section_page_hook_setup() {
  if ( is_page(My-section-page-id) )
    remove_action( '__loop' , array(TC_page::$instance , 'tc_page_content') );
    remove_action ( '__after_loop' , array(TC_comments::$instance , 'tc_comments' ), 10 );
    remove_action( '__before_main_container', array(TC_breadcrumb::$instance , 'tc_breadcrumb_display' ), 20 );
}

?>

This is needed just on the landing page, when isn’t home to:
1) remove the original content of the landing page
2) remove the comments (aren’t displayed by default in home )
3) remove the breadcrumb (isn’t displayed by default in home)
4) Anyway is_page(My-section-page-id) , clearly My-section-page-id should have been be the id of the landing page.

and the closing php tag ?> isn’t needed at all for pure php files and is also “dangerous” if you leave blank lines after it.

Hope this helps.

Removed that entire section — no change.

Have you refreshed your browser?
That is exactly the part of the code which:
1) you shouldn’t copy ’cause you didn’t need it
2) you should anyway change with an actual PAGE ID Instead of My-section-page-id when your page isn’t the home page, otherwise that if returns always true.
3) is the only part of the code which actually preventst the displaying of the page content remove_action( '__loop' , array(TC_page::$instance , 'tc_page_content') );
4) I’ve tested your code with that part, and as you say prevents the pages content displaying, and without that part, and it works.

I did refresh it, first the standard way, then bypassing the cache. I’ve also cleared the browser’s history. My W3 Total Cache plugin is set not to cache pages for those logged in as admins, which I am, so I don’t get that cache. But I cleared it anyway. No difference.

Here’s the update functions.php file: https://pastebin.com/9Tb3dAEG

Created the content that I want listed (cf. 'ids' => array( 28 , 32 , 36 , 34 ) ,) as pages rather than posts. But that shouldn’t make a difference since the system calls both as “posts” when using the ID, right? (cf. the link to edit a page: https://www.1xevangelism.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=32&action=edit – this goes to the page “About the Author”).

I tried deleting the child theme and the parent theme, then reinstalling/re-creating them. When I did this, all the settings from Appearance > Customize returned, meaning it didn’t reset it. Could those settings be a factor?

What’s frustrating is it’s been tested and it works… except for me. It’s a relatively clean install (only the default “Hello” post, the a few pages that I created). The functions.php file contains only the section-creating code, and the custom CSS in the child theme only says to use the parent theme’s CSS (no other changes). Nevertheless, it isn’t working.

About the settings is normal since they’re stored in the db.
About the issue, sorry, I told you that’s the wrong part.
Removing it other pages are displayed, so your About the Author should be displayed fine.
But.. anyway your code misses the call to the add_section() :

$my_sections_args = array(
'ids' => array( 1 , 45 , 47 ),
'blur' => 0,
'background' => array( 1 => "randcolors", 45 => 'thumb' , 47 => 'randimages' ),//'randcolors'
'context' => 'home',
'hook' => '__before_main_wrapper',
'apply_shadow' => false,
'layout' => 'boxed',
);
add_custom_sections ( $my_sections_args );

but well, is another problem…

If that call to the add_section() is missing, then it’s not in the code listed here: https://themesandco.com/snippet/adding-sections-to-any-page-or-posts-in-customizr/ (BTW, add_custom_sections ( $my_sections_args ); isn’t in that code, so if that code works as is, then that’s not the problem, right?)

All I did was copy/paste that, then tell it which ids to add in the array.

I did notice that function add_custom_sections ( $args ) is listed at the top of the code.

I tried adding what you mentioned and it made a difference.

Side note: I’m learning as I go, so all this is helpful.

The slider is still there, so I guess I just disable it in the theme customize settings?

Yep, disabling the slider worked. So, in case anyone else is having trouble, here’s what my functions.php file looks like now: https://pastebin.com/KZb5D4r8

Now just to figure out the titles and how to add images into the sections (not just the background images.

We’re not understanding each other. ??
The code I pasted above is part of the snippet on themesandco, and is missing in the code you pasted in pastebin. The code above is necessary to configure your section-page ($my_section_args array assignment – and yes you can still change the default values directly) and to execute it -> add_custom_sections ( $my_sections_args );

Without the line above your hpme will not show the sections!

You’re referring,instead, to the function declaration.. So you have this function but you don’t call it.

And I’m just talking about the reason wjy sections are not shown in your home.

Have to sleep now. ‘night