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How do I specify which sidebar is on a buddypress page?

mosaicrob
Member

@mosaicrob

1 year, 3 months ago

Hi, I’m looking to extend on a thread with @mercime in discussing sidebar options in buddypress.

Reference:
http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-adding-default-sidebar-to-pages-would-like-to-choose-other-sidebar-or-make-full-width/

We learned how to go full width or show a sidebar on buddypress pages. But what if I want to specify *which* sidebar is shown on a page? This would allow me to choose a sidebar with content that is relevant for that page. Buddypress is so dynamic, choosing sidebars seems essential to the user experience.

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hkcharlie
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@hkcharlie

1 year, 3 months ago

It wont let you choose your sidebar shown, but Dynamic Widgets plugin will let you show specific widgets for certain pages.

frostdawn
Member

@frostdawn

1 year, 3 months ago

What I did was take a page template that I liked, then made a copy of it and renamed it. Then I created a copy of the sidebar (and registered it with functions.php). Then, in the template copy, under sidebar, I swapped out the listed sidebar for my custom sidebar. Done. This way, you can have a page template with a different sidebar. Not sure if this is the ‘proper’ way of doing things, but it worked for me. Good luck.

mosaicrob
Member

@mosaicrob

1 year, 3 months ago

Thank you @hkcharlie and @frostdawn. Both are good to know. Frostdawn, I’m going to try the method you did. Cool : )

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