[liesjelogthet]

Hi I would like to show a custom sidebar on 1 of my category pages. I have added some code to cat.sidebar.php but it doesn’t seem to work yet.
This is what I have

I am not a coder so obviously I’ve done something wrong.

Is it possible to show a custom sidebar on a category page?
And if so: how do I do that?

Thanks!

[liesjelogthet]

I just noticed: Apparently using code or pre-tags doesn’t work. How can I get the code to display?

[Mehmet S.]

Hi, use this site to encode your codes:

http://htmlentities.net

[liesjelogthet]

Hi, thanks. This is what I have :

<?php if (is_category(‘category slug’)) : ?>
<?php get_sidebar(‘sidebar name’); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

[Mehmet S.]

You can try this way:

– create new sidebar from theme options > sidebar

– go to Appearance > Editor > cat-sidebar.php

– find:

get_sidebar();

– edit:

if ( is_category('category-slug-here') ) { get_sidebar('new-sidebar-name-here'); } else { get_sidebar(); }

[liesjelogthet]

Hi,

I tried that edit, but as far as I can tell, the main sidebar is still loading, instead of the custom sidebar I created.

Any other options?

This is the exact code I used:

<?php
if ( is_category(‘liesjekookthet’) ) { get_sidebar(‘kookbalk1’); } else { get_sidebar(); }
?>

[Mehmet S.]

Created a new php theme file for you.

– Download sidebar-second.php file at: http://themes.pixelwars.org/bloggy-wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sidebar-second-php-file.zip

– unzip.

– copy the sidebar-second.php file to the theme directory.

– create a new sidebar form theme options > sidebar (Name: second)

– edit the above line like this:

if ( is_category('category-slug-here') ) { get_sidebar('second'); } else { get_sidebar(); }

[liesjelogthet]

That works brilliantly! Thanks a lot!

[Mehmet S.]

You are welcome.