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Here is plug in that does a great job of assigning custom built sidebars at the page/post levels. It gives complete control on what you display without having to modify code/css
It is not possible to assign a custom sidebar on homepage (showing the list of posts, not when using a static Page on front page) using that plugin. Isn’t it?
Thank you for a great tutorial!
For all those using the Genesis Simple Sidebar Plugin + a custom homepage sidebar: You need to change one little thing. You need to unhook the plugin’s sidebar code:
Here is plug in that does a great job of assigning custom built sidebars at the page/post levels. It gives complete control on what you display without having to modify code/css
Genesis Simple Sidebars (http://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-simple-sidebars/)
It is not possible to assign a custom sidebar on homepage (showing the list of posts, not when using a static Page on front page) using that plugin. Isn’t it?
Sridar, that’s right. Genesis Simple Sidebars doesn’t provide any way to target that type of home page.
Patty
Adding custom widget areas to a WordPress theme will add powerful functionality and the ability to use any widget on your defined area. Learn how to add custom widget area and enable them on WP Admin backend and display them on frontend.
Source: http://www.cloudways.com/blog/how-to-add-custom-widget-area-and-theme-customizer-api-on-your-wordpress-theme/
Thank you for a great tutorial!
For all those using the Genesis Simple Sidebar Plugin + a custom homepage sidebar: You need to change one little thing. You need to unhook the plugin’s sidebar code:
(remove_action( 'genesis_sidebar', 'ss_do_sidebar' );Otherwise you’ll end up with your custom sidebar underneath the regular one (like I did…). Here is the tutorial where I found the answer: http://techtabby.com/removing-genesis-sidebars/
Sridhar, thank you very much for this – exactly what I needed, and it worked perfectly. I really appreciate you taking the time to post it!