User Elements within a Custom Page

Hi there,

that page is not using the GP Sidebar template, so Block Elements or Hook Elements won't work there.
I am not sure how you're generating the sidebar - if its within a PHP template then you could add in your own Hook in that position using the do_action function in WordPress

eg.

do_action( 'your_custom_hook_name' );

Then you can hook into that using the Custom Hook option in elements.

Hi David,

It's being generated by WP Download Manager Pro. Please see below for details.

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-md-8">
        [description]
        <div class="wel">
            [tags]
        </div>

    </div>

    <div class="col-md-4">
        <ul class="list-group ml-0 mb-2">
            <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center [hide_empty:create_date]">
                [txt=Published Date]
                <span class="badge">[create_date]</span>
            </li>
            <li class="list-group-item  d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center [hide_empty:update_date]">
                [txt=Last Updated]
                <span class="badge">[update_date]</span>
            </li>
            <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center [hide_empty:file_size]">
                [txt=File Size]
                <span class="badge">[file_size]</span>
            </li>
            <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center [hide_empty:download_count]">
                [txt=Total Downloads]
                <span class="badge">[download_count]</span>
            </li>
        </ul>
        <div class="wpdm-button-area mb-3 p-3 card">
            [download_link]
        </div>
    </div>

</div>

I reached out to them for support but they responded back with "if you are familiar with some coding, you can easily do that"...which doesn't really help me much.

I understand that this isn't a plugin you support. I was hoping to use Elements as a way to work around it.

Is that HTML in the post editor ?

Not too sure, please see screenshot below (if it helps?!).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6d92ri388nhms2/Capture.PNG?dl=0

Hmmm... thats a custom editor for that plugin - had a look at their documentation and it doesn't say if it supports PHP in there.

You can try if you want:

After this block of code:

<div class="wpdm-button-area mb-3 p-3 card">
     https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/generatepress.3.0.3.zip
</div>

Add this:

<?php do_action( 'doodle_after_sidebar' ); ?>

If nothing breaks then you should be able to select a Custom Hook: doodle_after_sidebar in the element. And fingers crossed it displays :)

It didn't work when I included it at the end, but the great news is that I was able to include it before the div closed in the sidebar and it works.

However, I don't think it accepts PHP, so I'm assuming I can't use elements?!

https://doodle.house/download/shape-dividers-in-coblocks-1-9-4

Yeah the PHP has been commented out - might want to check with the plugin support to see IF/HOW you can add PHP.
Alternatively you can use the method to create a shortcode here:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/hook/#post-1038253

The function goes in your child theme functions.php or added via a plugin like Code Snippets.
The shortcode goes in your template which then returns the hook....

Adding to functions.php and creating a shortcode worked!

You are awesome!! Thank you so much!

Glad to hear that!