Add code between post title and post content

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Add code between post title and post content

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Started 2 years ago by mrc2407
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mrc2407
Member

Hi!

I modified The Events Calendar plugin so that I can use Thematic's templates, but now I want to put some code between the post title (under post meta) and the post content. So the structure would be like that:

-Post title
-Post meta
-My code
-Post content

I tried this: add_action('thematic_singlepost', 'showEventInfo', 10);

But if I put a 10 or lower, my code appears over the post title, and if I put 11 or higher then it appears after the content... And I want it in the middle :)

Any idea?

Thanks!

Posted 2 years ago #
mrc2407
Member

Anyone, please?

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

<removed, sorry.>

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

mrc2407... I'm no expert, but this helped me.

In your child theme open functions.php add something like the following [by helga]:

'if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name'=> 'Name Sidebar Widget',
'id' => 'name-of-your-widget',
'description' => 'This is where your header widgets go',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
'after_title' => '</h2>',
));
}

function show_new_widget_area(){
if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')){
dynamic_sidebar('name-of-your-widget');
}
}
add_action('thematic_extension','show_new_widget_area');'

...in the main theme folder, go to library > extensions > content-extensions.php

experiment/find the right extension for you & replace it in the add_action line above.

*Edit: might have spoken too soon... these just add above/below the post ...not in it. Most posts of this nature go unanswered, not sure what up.

Posted 2 years ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator
these are tough b/c there is no "hook" there for you to add a function to. instead you will have to filter the post content

try something like:
```
function add_code($post) {
	if (is_single()){
		$old_post = $post;
		$post = "wow bacon!<br />";
		$post .= $old_post;
	}
		return $post;
		}
add_filter ('thematic_post', 'add_code');
```
this should add "wow bacon!" to the beginning of the content on every page that meets the is_single() condition.
Posted 2 years ago #
mrc2407
Member

@matius: that would create a dynamic sidebar, but as helgatheviking says, there's no hook to add it...

@helgatheviking: thanks for the code! I'll try it ASAP! :)

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

Yea I appreciate that helga - and mrc2407, hope you don't mind me asking this here but...

would it be best for me to consider revising my design if I'd like to chop one post into 3 div/columns? I need to add sections in each post - one above the header, and one after the last element & display them in their own div floated left.

...and that it stay uniform between the index and single pages...

Posted 2 years ago #
mrc2407
Member

@helgatheviking: I've trie your code and it is exactly what I needed :) Thank you!

Posted 2 years ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

@matius- i am not sure i follow. but if you are trying to add things to your $post then the code i have above will work... just wrap the 3 columns in div tags. of course, then you will need some CSS magic.

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

Thanks Helga, actually doing pretty decent with just CSS at the moment... but what I was saying was your code works but only on a single post page (after clicking the title of the post)...

maybe it's my css, will check.

Posted 2 years ago #
helgatheviking
Moderator

hmmm... well if you check my code there is definitely a conditional (if (is_single()) so it intentionally only applies to single posts. you can change the logic to suit your needs.

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

gotchya, just that there's no is_post i've been scrambling to find what to use :p, but i think i have it.

thx for your help-

Posted 2 years ago #
matius
Member

For the record, still not sure what to use in place of is_single (and it's probably easy but it's late). This post though is definitely getting me where I want to go in conjunction with CSS.

http://themeshaper.com/customize-blog-posts-touching-theme-files/

Posted 2 years ago #

mrc2407
Member

The is_single conditional only gives "true" when the page you're viewing is a single post. If you want to use it everywhere, just take the conditional out:

function add_code($post) {
	$old_post = $post;
	$post = "wow bacon!";
	$post .= $old_post;
	return $post;
}
add_filter ('thematic_post', 'add_code');

This way, $post will always be filtered and changed.

Then, looking at this thread you started, you could just try something like this:

function add_code($post) {
	$old_post = $post;
	$post = "<div id='post-date'>" . the_time('l, F jS, Y') . "</div>";
	$post .= "<div id='post-content'>";
	$post .= $old_post;
	$post .= "</div>";
	$post .= "<div id='other-info'>blablabla</div>"
	return $post;
}
add_filter ('thematic_post', 'add_code');

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