bfthumbs + widget logic + default template = no sidebar

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bfthumbs + widget logic + default template = no sidebar

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Started 10 months ago by rvbinder
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rvbinder
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I want a blog index page that has the bfthumbs array on the left and two widgets in the righthand sidebar. I do not want the widgets to appear in the individual postings or static pages. Here's how I set that up:

1 Added page, default template, named "Blog".
2 Added bfthumbs shortcode to this page.
3 Dragged Categories widget to Main Sidebar
4 Dragged Tag Cloud widget to Main Sidebar

This displays correctly - thumbs on the left, widgets at the right, both top to bottom

But, I only want the sidebar on the "Blog" page.

When I add Widget logic to the widgets: is_page("blog"), they are displayed under the bfthumbs area, not at the upper right. Here's what this looks like:

http://www.robertvbinder.com/robertvbinder.com/testb/

I've tried two different tag widgets, and two different widget logic plugins. The widgets are correctly suppressed on posts with the default template.

I've also tried the widgetarea shortcode. This results in a duplicated widget area.

Tried resaving as suggest in
http://www.vfxdude.com/forum/topic/wp-31-bfnav-105-shows-no-widgets-at-all#post-5758
This had no effect.

I've also been able to get the first row of the bfthumbs displayed, then the widgets (starting at the vertical displacement of the bottom of the first row), then the rest of the rows below the bottom of the widgets.

Using BF 1.4.2.3 with BFNav 1.0.5

Please advise workaround soonest.

Posted 10 months ago #
vfxdude
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I suggest to create a custom sidebar (Custom Widget Area) in the theme settings and use it instead of the main sidebar (and use "no sidebar" page template). Example code:

[bfthumbs sid="bfthumbs-blog" width="155" height="50" showposts="9" numcols="3" class="alignleft"] [widgetarea id="csidebar" width="270"]

csidebar is the id you add in the theme settings when creating the custom sidebar (can be any name (no space in the name though. a label with space can be added. see description in the theme settings for more info)). The widths can be adjusted to fit the page. This code can also be used in a shortcode template instead of using a page (target the blog).

I do not want the widgets to appear in the individual postings or static pages.
Another way to do this is use the "no sidebar" page template for the static pages and rename the single-nosidebar.php template to single.php for single posts (or use the custom single template functionality). Then the blog page can use the main sidebar (default page template), and single post view and static pages will not have a sidebar.

Posted 10 months ago #
rvbinder
Member

Your solution accomplishes the desired layout.

The class="alignleft" is necessary. If not given, the widgetarea appears underneath.

Also, I'd like to use class="mediumheading" too (putting that in was how I discovered that alignleft is necessary.)

I tried both class="alignleft" class="mediumheading". This produced the smaller heading, with the first row correctly showing. The widgetarea is also correct. However, the next thumb row is now shifted down so that it begins below the widget.

How can I get a mediumheading in the alignleft thumbs?

Thanks

Posted 10 months ago #
vfxdude
admin

class="alignleft mediumheading"

Posted 10 months ago #
rvbinder
Member

That did it.

Adding a note about this syntax to the doc would be helpful for us old-schoolers who still RTM.

Thanks.

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