tedwards500

I got it to work!

As I was researching, I remembered that I already have a plugin designed just for this purpose (WooSidebars). I couldn’t use it before because it required a widget area to base it off of, and there wasn’t one before.

Thanks for the tips!

No. I added it by editing the functions.php file. When I use just this code

<?php
if ( dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-8') ) :
else :
?>
<?php endif; ?>

it works. It is when I add the parts to display it only on the homepage that it stops showing up.

I can quickly create another template however. What would be in it?

So I have gotten a new widget area added and the widget works in the header. This site was very helpful for anybody who is looking to do that.

I am now back at my original problem of needing it to only show on the homepage.


<?php if ( is_home() ):?>

<?php
if ( dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-8') ) :
else :
?>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

I tried this, but it doesn’t show up at all. Is there something wrong with the code? Is the page somehow not detected as the homepage anymore because it uses a different template?

Thanks for the reply.

The funny thing is, yesterday I was able to get it working to show on all the pages. But today when I do the same thing, it doesn’t seem to work.

I will start looking at other possible methods. Maybe adding a widget area into the header to use the plugin’s widget?

Solved!

Moving the twentytwelve_entry_meta to a new place solved both my problems.

Thanks for the help, and if anybody would like me to go into more detail about how I got it to work, just say the word!