How to replace rather than add to enfold sidebar?

Hey edgold,

If you select to use a different sidebar then the whole sidebar should be replaced with the new one. If that is still not working then please post admin login details in private so that we can have a closer look at your settings.

Best regards,
Rikard

Hi,
Please take a look at your child theme functions.php your first line is:

it needs to be:

I tried to change it for you but WordPress says it needs to be done via FTP, please correct

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I found that the function is missing a “)” which was causing the error, this is the updated code:

function avf_sidebar_menu_filter_mod($menu, $args, $post) {
   if(is_page(array(42, 'about', 'Contact'))) {
       $menu= '';
   }
   return $menu;
}
add_filter('avf_sidebar_menu_filter', 'avf_sidebar_menu_filter_mod', 10, 3);

but I don’t think this is working correctly, just to make sure I’m understanding this correctly, on the one page in the Private Content area you don’t want the sidebar menu to show, or is it that you don’t want the sidebar to show?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I have figured it out, step one is to go to Enfold Theme Options > Sidebar Settings > Page Sidebar navigation and uncheck the “Page Sidebar navigation” option, then go to your “Page Sidebar” widget and add a empty text widget, now nothing shows in your sidebar.
You can add a different widget to replace the empty text widget if you like, it is only a placeholder so the menu doesn’t show and any widget there will prevent the menu from showing. You can also change which sidebar shows on the page by choosing one of your many custom sidebars.

I will also point out that you are using Enfold v3.8.5 with WordPress v5.3.2, this version of Enfold is not expected to be compatible with the version 5 of WordPress because of the major changes it included. Please update.
Unfortunately, due to the Theme Forest changes of replacing the API key with the “Token” you will have to update via FTP.
The easiest and safest way to do this is to download the newest version from Theme Forest and rename your current theme folder to “enfold-old” via ftp then upload the new “enfold” folder and check that your site is working correctly.
Should for some reason you wish to roll-back to the old version, it’s easy to do, simply rename the new “enfold” folder to “enfold-new” via ftp and then rename “enfold-old” to “enfold” then refresh your page.
Once you are happy you can delete the “enfold-old” folder via ftp, (not the WP theme page)
Please don’t try to overwrite the theme folder, as this will leave old files behind and cause errors.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I’m not sure I follow how this will create lots of manual work, lets take a look at this. So are most of your pages going to have the same sidebar?
If true then set the “Page Sidebar” widget to reflect that, even if this means you want the sidebar menu on most of them, in which case you can remove the blank the empty text widget.
then if there are a few pages you want a different sidebar then in those pages change which sidebar shows on the page by choosing one of your other sidebars in the “layout” option of the page when you are editing it.
If the number of pages is closer to 50/50 or something more complex, then try the plugin Widget Options which will give you the option to show or hide each widget element on any number of pages, then you can add the “navigation menu” widget to your sidebar and choose the pages to show or hide on and then add your other widgets and do the same. This way all of the changes are made from the widget option page and you won’t need to edit any of the pages.
I hope one of these approaches helps you set your sidebar the easiest way for you.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Thanks, I understand better now, the plugin may work well for you because I’ve seen people have about ten different items in a sidebar which were checked off in different combinations to show on different pages or categories.
Is there anything else we can assist with on this issue or shall we close this thread?

Best regards,
Mike