create a 2nd sidebar

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  • January 17, 2013 at 1:41 pm #12700

    kduffey
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    On the eleven40 theme, I’m trying to create another page with a different sidebar than the rest of the site. I know how to register new widgets.. I need to create a new template page and then put the new widget(s) on that new template.

    I’ve tried starting with duplicating home.php and going from there, but I’m unsure of how to add new widgets to it.

    January 17, 2013 at 2:05 pm #12709

    braddalton
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    You could use the Genesis simple sidebars plugin and a different page template under layout settings. On top of this you can style the page using custom body classes and even convert the page template to a post template if needed.

    Not sure this is what you need but its an idea which may help.

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    January 17, 2013 at 2:41 pm #12719

    kduffey
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    That works very well.

    2nd question: How can I add a new welcome message widget to this page, rather than use the same one for every page?

    January 17, 2013 at 2:52 pm #12720

    braddalton
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    You could simply paste the HTML for the welcome message into the Genesis Simple Hooks plugin using a conditional statement. http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

    http://pastebin.com/mLbRNPvk

    Paste code into the location you want to display your message. Example: genesis_after_header

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    Create a widget area using a conditional statement for the specific page.

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    January 17, 2013 at 4:41 pm #12744

    anitac
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    Brian Gardner has instructions on adding a Welcome Widget area here – http://www.briangardner.com/welcome-text-widget/.

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