Modification of Karma Theme through TrueThemes WordPress

Luis Abarca comments:

Here is the code to show a dropdown with the current sidebars and save the selected item to a custom post meta.

The pastebin version
http://pastebin.com/BX65gPdx


<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Custom Sidebars
*/

add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'sidebar_meta_boxes');

function sidebar_meta_boxes()
{
add_meta_box( 'sidebar_metabox-1', __( 'Custom sidebar' ), 'sidebar_meta_box_content', 'page', 'normal', 'high');
}

// }}}
// {{{

function sidebar_meta_box_content()
{
global $post;
global $wp_registered_sidebars;

$selected = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'menu-sidebar', true);

wp_nonce_field('sidebar_save', 'sidebar_nonce');
?>
<div class="jaxtag">
<div class="ajaxtag hide-if-no-js">
<table style="width: 100%">
<tr>
<td width="25%">
<label for="menusidebar"><?php _e('Menu sidebar') ?>:</label>
<label class="screen-reader-text" for="menusidebar"><?php _e('Menu sidebar') ?>:</label>
</td>
<td width="75%">
<select name="menusidebar" id="menusidebar">
<?php foreach ($wp_registered_sidebars as $sidebar) : ?>
<option value="<?php echo $sidebar['id'] ?>" <?php echo (($selected == $sidebar['id']) ? 'selected="selected"' : '') ?>><?php echo $sidebar['name'] ?></option>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>

<?php
}


add_action('save_post', 'sidebar_save_postdata', 10, 2);

function sidebar_save_postdata( $post_id )
{
global $wpdb;

if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['sidebar_nonce'], 'sidebar_save' ) ) {
return $post_id;
}

if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) {
return $post_id;
}
// Check permissions ....

$menusidebar = trim($_POST['menusidebar']);

if ( !empty($menusidebar) ) {
update_post_meta($post_id, 'menu-sidebar', $menusidebar);
}
}


Luis Abarca comments:

I update the pastebin

use this in your template below your menu


<?php show_custom_sidebar() ?>


Luis Abarca comments:

And this is a working example:

http://dev.justoalblanco.com/pagina-ejemplo/
http://dev.justoalblanco.com/custom-sidebar-2/

I'm using twenty eleven, with the sidebar template for pages.

This is my sidebar.php


<?php
/**
* The Sidebar containing the main widget area.
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Eleven
* @since Twenty Eleven 1.0
*/

$options = twentyeleven_get_theme_options();
$current_layout = $options['theme_layout'];

if ( 'content' != $current_layout ) :
?>
<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
<?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) : ?>

<aside id="archives" class="widget">
<h3 class="widget-title"><?php _e( 'Archives', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_get_archives( array( 'type' => 'monthly' ) ); ?>
</ul>
</aside>

<aside id="meta" class="widget">
<h3 class="widget-title"><?php _e( 'Meta', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_register(); ?>
<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
<?php wp_meta(); ?>
</ul>
</aside>

<?php endif; // end sidebar widget area ?>

<blockquote> <strong>CUSTOM SIDEBAR for post <?php echo get_the_ID() ?></strong>
<?php show_custom_sidebar() ?>
</blockquote>

</div><!-- #secondary .widget-area -->
<?php endif; ?>


Luis Abarca comments:


<div id="sub_nav">
<?php wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location' => 'Primary Navigation' , 'depth' => 0 , 'container' =>false , 'walker' => new sub_nav_walker() )); ?>
</div><!-- end sub_nav -->
<strong><?php show_custom_sidebar() ?></strong>

<?php
// You should move this function to functions.php
function removeEmptyTags($html_replace)
{
$pattern = "/<[^\/>]*>([\s]?)*<\/[^>]*>/";
return preg_replace($pattern, '', $html_replace);
}
?>


Carlos Lopez Jr comments:

I like what your doing here. Can you look at the template I posted and see how you would implement this.
thanks

Luis Abarca comments:

Yep, can you send me ftp or login details via PM ?

Carlos Lopez Jr comments:

I will send you login information via google doc. What email should I use?

Luis Abarca comments:

Hey Carlos,
Can you have a look and test if works as you want it ?