Hi, I have created a child theme of Andrina and I want to add one small item to functions.php - I want to create one more sidebar widget called "Capabilities Widget" that will show up in Appearances > Widgets back end area. Then, when my client creates a page using the "Capabilities" template, that particular sidebar content shows up. So, in the Andrina theme, the widgets are not called out in functions.php, they're called out in inkthemes-functions.php. When I tried to create an inkthemes-functions.php in my child theme, it does nothing. When I try to create a functions.php that calls the new list of sidebars, it overwrites the entire functions.php file of the Andrina theme and everything is broken. Can you please help? Here is the php I am trying to add to functions; <?php function inkthemes_widgets_init() { // Area 1, located at the top of the sidebar. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Primary Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'primary-widget-area', 'description' => __('The primary widget area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); // Area 2, located below the Primary Widget Area in the sidebar. Empty by default. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Secondary Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'secondary-widget-area', 'description' => __('The secondary widget area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); // Area 3, located in the footer. Empty by default. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('First Footer Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'first-footer-widget-area', 'description' => __('The first footer widget area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); // Area 4, located in the footer. Empty by default. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Second Footer Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'second-footer-widget-area', 'description' => __('The second footer widget area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); // Area 5, located in the footer. Empty by default. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Third Footer Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'third-footer-widget-area', 'description' => __('The third footer widget area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); // Area 6 sidebar, located on the capabilities page. register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Capabilities Widget Area', 'andrina'), 'id' => 'capabilities-widget-area', 'description' => __('Capabilities area', 'andrina'), 'before_widget' => '', 'after_widget' => '', 'before_title' => '<h4>', 'after_title' => '</h4>', )); } ?>
Hello, Child theme only works for files in the parent directory , it will not work with the sub directory. If you want to show different widget in different pages then you can try Dynamic Widgets plugin for this issue. Download it from the link given below and install it from the Plugins panel (Plugins ->Add New ->Upload) in your Dashboard. http://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/ See the link for reference http://www.inkthemes.com/easily-control-appearance-of-widgets-on-your-wordpress-pages/02/ I hope it will help you.
