Sidebar to the homepage

(26 posts) (6 voices)

1. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   Is it possible to add a Sidebar to the Homepage?
   When I choose About Us as a content for the homepage I can't see a sidebar that I assigned to About Us page.

   I have inFocus theme.

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   
   

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello usa4dima,

   First try the solutions in this thread and see if they work for you..

   http://mysitemyway.com/support/topic/missing-the-portfolio-tab#post-1725

   If it does not work for you then let us know and we will try something else.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   When I copy an "updated fix" to the theme, I get the following error on my homepage.

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/72/5813672/html/livinglightproductions.com/wp-content/themes/infocus/lib/includes/featured-custom.php on line 1

   the first fix creates a default sidebar not on the side but under the page content.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hmm, this one works fine for me. I don't have time to troubleshoot the error right now usa4dima but I will get back with you tomorrow.

   Try clearing your cache and reloading browser.

   Attachments

   1. featured-custom.zip (1.7 KB, 13 downloads) 1 year old

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   Thank you,

   This one gives the same error. I will wait for you tomorrow.

   Please also find a PM with my user name and password for the site.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello usa4dima,

   I must not have gotten the PM.. can you resend it?

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   Just did it.
   subject: Sidebar to the homepage

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   usa4dima
   Member

   any news for me? thank you

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Hey usa4dima,

    I'm not sure why you are getting the error and I am not. Try deactivating your plugins and see if the error still appears.

    If that does not work then try this..

    In the file I gave you on line 1 you should see this..

    <?php

    Go ahead and change it like this to see if it works..

    <?php require(WEBTREATS_INCLUDES . "/var.php");

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. 

    usa4dima
    Member

    Thank you! The change of the code worked just fine! Turning plug-ins off did not help.
    Thanks again!

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Glad it worked for you usa4dima, if you need anything else then let us know.

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Here is an alternative file because some users have been getting errors with the featured-custom.php file.

    Attachments

    1. featured-custom-sidebar.zip (1.6 KB, 8 downloads) 1 year old

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Updated to use custom sidebars on the homepage.

    Attachments

    1. custom-sidebar-featured-custom.zip (1.7 KB, 71 downloads) 1 year old

    Posted 1 year ago #
15. 

    scoc
    Member

    Works GREAT..... many thanks

    Posted 1 year ago #
16. 

    heymonty
    Member

    Hi Elliott,
    I would also like to have a sidebar on my homepage. I'm fairly new to this and I'm sorry if it's a stupid question but Could you tell me exactly where to paste this code?
    Thanks in advance.

    Posted 8 months ago #
17. 

    Ruderic
    Support

    Hi,

    You do not have to paste any code, just download the file that Elliot provided, and upload it to the theme folder, inside "lib/includes/".

    Posted 8 months ago #
18. 

    heymonty
    Member

    Thanks, Got it.

    Posted 8 months ago #
19. 

    aikihawk
    Member

    This is a great theme and I congratulate you on the design. I too would like to have a custom sidebar for the Home Page. I have several questions. Is the zip file for a custom sidebar for home page and where is "lib/includes " in my theme file? The only files in lib are "admin, classes, extensions, functions, scripts and functions". Do I also infer this is for the most current release of inFocus?

    Thanks!

    Posted 3 months ago #
20. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Hello aikihawk,

    If your using the latest version of our themes then the homepage has it's own sidebar called "Homepage Widget Area" which you should see in Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets.

    Posted 3 months ago #
21. 

    aikihawk
    Member

    Elliot, I am using the latest version, but it seems whenever I add more than one widget, it somehow mysteriously disappears. I will go back and try again, then return if I experience further difficulty.

    On another matter if I may, on the MySite you use as the Sample Page showing all the different layouts and options available with inFocus, I was wondering how you achieved two visuals: the grey shadow box on certain blog posts that just reads UPDATE (nice effect) and the grey shadow buttons at the bottom of some of the sample page columns where inFocus, Wordpress and others were used with the Logo and text. They are an image but appear to be formatted in a grey shadow box of some sort. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks again for the great looking theme.

    Posted 3 months ago #
22. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Try deactivating your plugins to see if any are causing conflicts.

    I'm not sure what you mean about the update text. Send us a link to the demo page you are referring to. Be sure to exit out of the demo bar or it will always link to the homepage.

    Posted 3 months ago #
23. 

    aikihawk
    Member

    http://mysitemyway.com/blog/, first post on this site! The image to the left. I will find the the other one in a minute.

    Posted 3 months ago #
24. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Oh I see. That is an effect that was created in photoshop. You can view the full image here, http://mysitemyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/update09-11-2011.jpg.

    There are lots of photoshop tutorials out there that can teach you how to do these effects, http://psd.tutsplus.com/?s=inner+shadow.

    Posted 3 months ago #
25. 

    aikihawk
    Member

    I can't find it at the moment. It is similar to the above but it was used below each of the columns on one of your pages; gray box or frame, or button, with inFocus in one below the first column; Wordpress & WP Logo below the second column, nd adon't remember the 3rd Image...

    It wasn't a normal picture image, but plain text and logo appearing in grey box or button like
    in Fancy Header 2 format but smaller...

    Posted 3 months ago #
26. 

    aikihawk
    Member

    Thanks you very much!

    Posted 3 months ago #
27. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Also, if your wanting to copy the frame used see our image_frame shortcode, http://mysitemyway.com/docs/index.php?title=Image_Frames.

    Posted 3 months ago #

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