[Resolved] Sidebar Location

[Dan]

Hi
I have a multilingual site (English, Hebrew)
The hebrew site is RTL so, I wanted the sidebar to be on the left side of the page.
I used this function:

//Sidebar hebrew location
add_filter( 'generate_sidebar_layout','tu_custom_hebrew_sidebar_layout' );
function tu_custom_hebrew_sidebar_layout( $layout )
{
     $currentlang = get_bloginfo('language');
 	
 	
    if ( is_page( array( '320','237') )|| is_category() ) {
    return false;
}
    
    
    if ( $currentlang=="he-IL" && !is_front_page()  )
 	 	return 'left-sidebar';
    

 	// Or else, set the regular layout
 	return $layout;

 }

The problem is that this function over-rides the settings on a per-page basis, which means I cannot remove the sidebar with the GP UI, only if I remove it via the function.
Question is:
1. Am I using this function correctly?
2. Is there a better way to move the sidebar to the left on RTL pages and still have the GP over-ride functionality.

Thanks in advance,
Dan

[Tom]

Hi there,

GPP 1.7 (currently in private alpha) will have an easy solution for this.

For now, try adding this at the top of your function (before any other conditions):

$meta = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_generate-sidebar-layout-meta', true );
if ( $meta ) {
    return $meta;
}

[Dan]

Hi Tom, thanks.
That did it.
So this will be the built-in default behaviour for 1.7?

Sounds great, thanks again for your support!

Dan

[Tom]

There will be an easier way to set layouts under certain conditions 🙂

[Dan]

Great, thanks again.

Dan

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

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