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[quinntinm]

Hi there.

I assumed that if i clicked on template 2 and edited the items in the sidebar:

primary sidebar

secondary sidebar

etc

 

and then went to template 3 and removed say primary sidebar that it would still remain as i set it in template 2, but it seems it does not.

 

Is this a bug?

 

I want certain templates to display certain elements in a sidebar - how do i do that across different templates?

 

 

Thanks.

 

[catrina]

To have better control over which widgets in a sidebar, you'll need to use Widget Logic:

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[quinntinm]

Thanks catrina.

 

I added it and have managed to see that if i do this "!is_page( 190 )" it will show on all pages except that or....

"is_page( 190 )" and it will only show on that page.

 

BUT, when it doesn't show, then i get all manner of other elements in that sidebar like categories, archives, calendar, meta...

All of which are not specified in any sidebar in the widgets.

 

How do i resolve that?

 

thanks.

[Simon_P]

Thats because if the sidebar is empty it shows default sidebar contents, there is an option to sot show the sidebar when empty, somewhere in the settings.

[quinntinm]

ah, ok.

Hide Sidebars When Empty (no widgets) in the website setup screen.

 

whew, this gets more complex the more i dig :-)

 

Thanks for the help!