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By: SBA

SBA — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:38:07 +0000

Cole, I think your sidebars are super smart! Great idea to hide all the sidebars, then dynamically show the one you want.. Thanks for sharing this approach.

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:23:56 +0000

So I have no idea when you posted this because there's no date on this page but I wanted to add my thoughts. I have edited my sidebar.php so the code that calls the sidebar looks like this (minus the lesser/greater thans cause I don't know how it'll show on your blog):

?php


$sidebar_index=1;
if ( is_page('Me') || $post->post_parent == '2168') {
$sidebar_index=2;
} elseif (is_page('Content') || $post->post_parent == '2175')  {
 $sidebar_index=3;
} elseif (is_page('Site') || $post->post_parent == '2172') {$sidebar_index=4;
} elseif (is_page('Links') || $post->post_parent == '2965') {
$sidebar_index=5;
}
?
?php

if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar($sidebar_index) ) : ?

It seems like this plugin does a similar thing in a different way. I have 5 sidebars with 4 or so widgets in each so having the separate sidebars in my dashboard is more useful than editing 20 widgets on one page. But I do like that you edit the widgets to specify where they show, rather than editing posts/pages (which would pretty much be impossible for me).
.-= Cole´s recent blog ..Cell Phone Culture =-.

By: SBA

SBA — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:21:41 +0000

I tried to visit your site but there was a "500 – internal server error.' Will try again later, but you might want to ask your webhost to investigate. Thanks for stopping by; hope you use the tip.

By: strGraphics

strGraphics — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:16:50 +0000

Excellent share.., nice concept.

Thanks friend.

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By: SBA

SBA — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:55:43 +0000

Now that's a good to hear. I know you're not just killing time, but putting tips into action (you did read that post about reading not making you successful, lol). Thanks for coming back!

By: SBA

SBA — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:50:54 +0000

So glad to see you again! Google is a good walking stick so you've used it well. Just seeing your post titles in CommentLuv makes me start to giggle… I know what's coming… fun.

By: SBA

SBA — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:46:25 +0000

Memey, do you have other blogs where you plan to us this?

By: Christopher Anderson

Christopher Anderson — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:12:21 +0000

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