Number of footers vary from page to page

Hi there,

That's really werid. I can see the code for footer widget 1 showing on the front page, but it just looks like nothing is in it:
https://www.screencast.com/t/ieJjx0Do

I don't think it's a GP problem though.

What happens if you disable Beaver Builder? That's the only main difference I see on the front page.

If not can you go through #1 here
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/debugging-tips/

If not then try #4 in the same article.

Let me know :)

Can you try #1 here to eliminate any plugin conflicts first?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/debugging-tips/

If that doesn't help, what if you just insert a normal text widget as footer widget 1?

Please make sure to reply here, not through the e-mails.

Hi Leo

This is what I found after deactivating plugins and GeneratePress theme. The culprit is the widget itself - filter by price. For some reason it will appear only on the Shop/Rent page but not on other pages. I replaced the Filter By Price widget with a Text widget and it will appear on the Home page.

Now, I decided not to show any footer widgets at all on my Home page by setting the number of footer widgets in my HomeLayout Element to zero. As I have mentioned in my earlier message it seems that this Element does not have an impact on the number of footer widgets being displayed on my Home Page. I tried default value, 0, 1,2,3 etc - it will still show 2 widgets for now(because the filter-by-price widget is skipped). It seems that GeneratePress is taking the number of widgets to display from Customize-?Layut->Footer->Footer Widgets

Pls let me know how I can suppress the display of footer widgets on my Home page(or for that matter on other non-woo commerce pages) when the Element does not seem to work. Thanks.

Regards
TeckChew

Hi there,

price filter widget is a dynamic widget that only displays where a shop archive is present. You can look at one of the Dynamic / Conditional Widget plugins to replace widgets by page template.

Thanks David.

Do you have any Dynamci /Conditional Logic plugin to recommend?

In the meantime, I just don't want my Home page to display any footer widget. I created a HomeLayout Element and set the number of footer widgets to zero for my Home page but it seems that this Element has no effect at all. Where did I go wrong?

Thanks.

Regards
TC

Maybe give this a try, it handles any widget areas not just sidebars:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-aware-sidebars/

In your Layout Element > Display Rules try selecting: Front Page.

Hi

Yes I have done that before asking Support for help. I have applied the Display Rules to Front page and Yacht page(which is my front page). I am aware of the Display Rules and that is why I have different Elements for different pages.

I have also tried just applying the display rules to Front Page alone and also just to Yacht Page alone. I have tried various combinations but the HomeLayout Element does not seem to have an effect at all on the number of footer widgets being displayed.

I don't think the Element works at all because I have also created another Header Element merging the contents and navigation bar but I don't have a transparent home page. I will raise this problem in another thread.

Is there anything in GP that I need to set to get Elements to work?

Regards
TC

Would you provide us with temporary admin login so we can see what is going on?
You can send the details via the Account Issue form here:
https://generatepress.com/contact/

Please add the URL of this topic to the form so we can track.

Hi David

I have just sent you the login credentials via the https://generatepress.com/contact(Account issue)

Regards
TC

OK so the Layout Meta on the Yacht Page is overriding the Layout Element.
But do you just want the front page to display as if there were 2 columns, as the empty filter widget is currently missing?

If so then remove the Layout Element, and leave your widget settings elsewhere as 3 and add this CSS:

body:not(.woocommerce) .inside-footer-widgets > div:not(:first-child) {
    width: 50%;
}

It will make the 2 widgets occupy the whole width on any non woocommerce page where the filter wont display.

Let me know.

Thank you very much,David.

Actually, I don't want to display any footer widget at all on the Front Page(Yacht Page).

I modified your CSS codes to

body:not(.woocommerce) .inside-footer-widgets > div:not(:first-child) {
Display: none;
}

That got rid of the widgets. Thanks once again David. I am really appreciate your help.

Ok, thats great - glad to be of help.