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1. 

   stas
   Member

   Hi,
   I'm trying to hide some asides from frontpage/homepage so I start editing my functions.php file. I got something like this:

   /**
    * Remove primary and secondary assides from home page
    */
   function ct_remove_widgets_from_homepage($content) {
       if(is_front_page()) {
           unset($content['Primary Aside']);
           unset($content['Secondary Aside']);
       }
       return $content;
   }
   add_filter('thematic_widgetized_areas', 'ct_remove_widgets_from_homepage');

   The code above doesn't work. I can still get both the asides. var_dump(is_front_page()|is_home()) returns bool(false) in both cases.

   Any tips?
   Thanks in advance.

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Hi stas,

   I dont think you can conditionally unset those areas from the array but instead conditionally control where they are displayed:

   function child_main_asides($content) {
   	$content['Primary Aside']['function'] = 'childtheme_primary_aside';
   	$content['Secondary Aside']['function'] = 'childtheme_secondary_aside';
   	return $content;
   }
   add_filter('thematic_widgetized_areas','child_main_asides');
   
   function childtheme_primary_aside() {
   	if ( !is_home() || !is_front_page() ) {
   		if (is_sidebar_active('primary-aside')) {
   			echo thematic_before_widget_area('primary-aside');
   			dynamic_sidebar('primary-aside');
   			echo thematic_after_widget_area('primary-aside');
   		}
   	}
   }
   
   function childtheme_secondary_aside() {
   	if ( !is_home() || !is_front_page() ) {
   		if (is_sidebar_active('secondary-aside')) {
   			echo thematic_before_widget_area('secondary-aside');
   			dynamic_sidebar('secondary-aside');
   			echo thematic_after_widget_area('secondary-aside');
   		}
   	}
   }

   I think this should work better for you.

   -Gene

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. 

   stas
   Member

   So the only solution is to overwrite the functions?!?!
   Looks like using CSS rules is much easier.
   :(

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Generally speaking, I prefer CSS display:none for removing individual elements from view.

   But in a case such as this where you want to be rid of large blocks of code, I think adding the conditional to the display callback function to completely remove these areas from the source code is the best route.

   I'd love to hear if anyone else has a different opinion or a better way of doing this.

   -Gene

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. 

   stas
   Member

   Thanks Gene.
   I followed your advice.

   Posted 3 years ago #
6. 

   jfverville
   Member

   Hey I was searching for this. Thanks Gene for your solution.

   Posted 3 years ago #
7. 

   helgatheviking
   Moderator

   I use the same code Gene procided... I probably stole it from one of his posts here. I don't think CSS rules are any easier than copying and pasting his code snippet.... but then, i prefer to disappear things on the back-end.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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