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[malingroup]

Support,

I have followed and implemented the codes as listed in this thread: https://community.theme.co/forums/topic/create-sidebar-for-post-category/

However i do not get an option under categories to select a sidebar.

Appreciate your assistance.

[malingroup]

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[Jade]

Hi there,

Thanks for writing in. As the thread you have referred to is quite long, would you mind pointing out which part of the thread you are pointing to specifically as I am not certain based on what you mentioned. Thank you.

[malingroup]

Hi,

The first support reply on that thread included coding to modify the functions.php and wp-single.php to give the ability to select a sidebar when defining a category, thus giving category specific sidebars for individual posts. I have implemented this coding and i do not get this ability when creating a category.

[Paul R]

Hi,

The code is quite old and will not work in the latest version of x.

You can try this code instead. Add this in your child theme’s functions.php file

add_filter( 'ups_sidebar', 'my_blog_sidebar', 9999 );

function my_blog_sidebar ( $default_sidebar ) {
 if(is_category( '35' )){
     return 'ups-sidebar-ballast-blog';
 } 
  return $default_sidebar;
}

35 is category id of Ballast Blog category and ups-sidebar-ballast-blog is your sidebar id

http://screencast.com/t/yPPVXL3TBXI

If you need to add another category, you can add another elseif statement

eg.

add_filter( 'ups_sidebar', 'my_blog_sidebar', 9999 );

function my_blog_sidebar ( $default_sidebar ) {
 if(is_category( '35' )) {
     return 'ups-sidebar-ballast-blog';
 } elseif (is_category( '36' )) {
     return 'ups-sidebar-blog';
  }
  return $default_sidebar;
}

https://community.theme.co/kb/how-to-locate-category-ids/

Hope that helps.

[malingroup]

Hi thank you for the detailed reply. I tried this code in my child theme’s functions.php but it still does not show the correct sidebar for individual posts relevant to that specific category?

[Jade]

Hi there,

Please provide us with your FTP details so that we could test it.

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[Jade]

Hi there,

Please provide us with your FTP details so that we could test it.

Don’t forget to select Set as private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.

[malingroup]

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[Rad]

Hi there,

The code above is only to display the specific sidebar to a specific category page. What you’re trying to achieve is display specific sidebar to post that belongs to a specific category.

The thread you provided has the correct implementation, but it’s too old and long discussion. Please follow the discussion and implement the codes that are mentioned. Then Let me know and I’ll check what else needed to update to match the recent X’s templates.

Thanks!

[malingroup]

Hi,

I have now implemented the codes from the previous thread. Appreciate if you can check what else is needed to get this code working with the recent X templates.

Many thanks!

[Paul R]

Hi,

I was able to fix it, kindly check on your end.

Thanks

[malingroup]

thank you very much. Your support is second to none..!

[Lely]

You’re welcome!

Cheers!

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