Autofocus+ Pro – move slider above sidebar WordPress

folette comments:

Hi Denzel, thanks for your response!

I'm still a PHP newbie and though I do understand what you're saying, I can't seem to get your suggestion to work.

Here's a link to my thematic-functions.php
[[LINK href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/937823/thematic-functions.php"]][[/LINK]]

The slider is actually toggle-able, so the function file has an if statement that looks to see what the toggle state is. That's where I get lost, as I seem to break that statement whenever I make a change. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be simple.

I'll appreciate any help you can offer!

folette comments:

Damn, the link doesn't seem to work. Here's another try...

[[LINK href="http://db.tt/fZF2qMB"]][[/LINK]]

folette comments:

http://db.tt/fZF2qMB

folette comments:

Sorry for some reason the link tag doesn't work, so I just did it in plain text.

Denzel Chia comments:

Hi,

I had moved the sidebar to the bottom of the function without breaking anything,
but not sure if it works.

I need the whole theme zip file to install on my localhost to do this.
Rest assured that I will not use this theme for other purpose, as I did not buy it.

I will post the changes to the code below
You can copy and paste over the function and see if it works.


// Add the Featured/Sticky Post section
function af_sticky_area() {
global $afoptions;
foreach ($afoptions as $value) {
if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); }
}

// Grab the ‘Blog’ category ID
$af_blog_catid = get_cat_ID($af_blog_cat);
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

if( is_home() && !is_paged() ) {

?>

<?php // if Sticky Posts exist show the sticky area
if (get_option('sticky_posts')) { ?>

<?php // if Sliding Featured Area option is false
if ($af_sliding_sticky_area == 'false') { ?>

<?php
// Set Up New Query
$sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');
$randomStickyNo = 0;
$randomStickyNo = (rand()%(count($sticky)));
$postno = $sticky[($randomStickyNo)];
$temp = $stickyquery;
$stickyquery = null;
$stickyquery = new WP_Query();
$stickyquery->query('orderby=rand&showposts=1&p=' . $postno); ?>

<?php while ($stickyquery->have_posts()) : $stickyquery->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>
<div id="sticky-feature">

<?php if ($af_portfolio_layout == 'false') { ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" class="<?php thematic_post_class(); ?> sticky-feature-post">

<?php } elseif ($af_portfolio_layout == 'true') { ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" class="hentry post sticky">

<?php } ?>

<?php echo thematic_postheader_posttitle(); ?>

<div class="entry-meta">
<?php if ($af_show_post_title == 'false') { ?>
<span class="entry-date"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO') ?>" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO') ?>"><?php the_time('j M') ?></abbr></a></span>
<?php } elseif ($af_show_post_title == 'true') { ?>
<span class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php printf(__('Permalink to %s', 'thematic'), wp_specialchars(get_the_title(), 1)) ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
<?php } ?>
</div>

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="post-image-container"><?php the_post_thumbnail('aflarge'); ?></a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="post-image-container"><?php the_post_image('aflarge'); ?></a>
<?php } ?>

<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

<div class="entry-utility">
<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'thematic'), "\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edit-link\">", "</span>\n"); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-utility -->
</div>
</div><!-- #sticky-feature -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php $stickyquery = null; $temp = $stickyquery; ?>


<?php } // if Sliding Featured Area option is true
elseif ($af_sliding_sticky_area == 'true') { ?>

<div id="featured-slider-container" class="anythingSlider">
<div id="auto-slider" class="wrapper">
<ul>

<?php
// Set Up New Query
$sticky = get_option('sticky_posts');
$randomStickyNo = 0;
$randomStickyNo = (rand()%(count($sticky)));
$postno = $sticky[($randomStickyNo)];
$temp = $featurestickyquery;
$featuredstickyquery = null;
$featuredstickyquery = new WP_Query();
$featuredstickyquery->query(array(
// 'orderby' => 'rand',
'showposts' => '10',
'post__in' =>get_option('sticky_posts')
)); ?>

<?php while ($featuredstickyquery->have_posts()) : $featuredstickyquery->the_post(); $do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

<?php if ($af_portfolio_layout == 'false') { ?>
<li id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

<?php } elseif ($af_portfolio_layout == 'true') { ?>
<li id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

<?php } ?>

<?php echo thematic_postheader_posttitle(); ?>

<div class="entry-meta">
<?php if ($af_show_post_title == 'false') { ?>
<span class="entry-date"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO') ?>" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO') ?>"><?php the_time('j M') ?></abbr></a></span>
<?php } elseif ($af_show_post_title == 'true') { ?>
<span class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php printf(__('Permalink to %s', 'thematic'), wp_specialchars(get_the_title(), 1)) ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
<?php } ?>
</div>

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="featured-post-image-container"><?php the_post_thumbnail('aflarge'); ?></a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="featured-post-image-container"><?php the_post_image('aflarge'); ?></a>
<?php } ?>

<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'thematic'), "\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-utility\"><span class=\"edit-link\">", "</span></div>\n"); ?>

</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php $featuredstickyquery = null; $temp = $featuredstickyquery; ?>

</ul>
</div>
</div><!-- #sticky-feature -->

<?php } //end featured sliding option check ?>



<?php query_posts(array(
'post__not_in' => get_option('sticky_posts'),
'caller_get_posts' => 1,
'cat' => '-'.$af_blog_catid,
'paged' => $paged,
)); ?>

<?php } //end sticky post check ?>

<?php } ?>

<?php query_posts(array(
'post__not_in' => get_option('sticky_posts'),
'caller_get_posts' => 1,
'cat' => '-'.$af_blog_catid,
'exclude' => $postno,
'paged' => $paged,
)); ?>

<?php
// Add an intro Sidebar
if (is_sidebar_active('intro-sidebar')) {
echo thematic_before_widget_area('intro-sidebar');
dynamic_sidebar('intro-sidebar');
echo thematic_after_widget_area('intro-sidebar');
}
?>

<?php }
add_action('thematic_above_indexloop','af_sticky_area');


If the above doesn't work, please send me the whole zip file.

Thanks.