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Don Noray
19,238 PointsCoding the Header and Footer Templates
I'm currently working on a project while learning WordPress Theme,but my site has a slight difference in the Home page header that the rest of the site. I used get_header() to retrieve the header file. If I create a different header for the Front-page file how do I retrieve that header file and allow the rest of the site to retrieve the default one?
6 Answers
John Wheal
27,969 PointsName the header file header-home.php
and retrieve it with
<?php
if ( is_home() ) :
get_header('home');
else :
get_header();
endif;
?>
Don Noray
19,238 PointsThanks John, but its now showing up. I believe that I probably did something wrong. I placed the conditional at the top of the front-page.php file: <?php if ( is_home() ) : get_header('home'); else : get_header(); endif; ?> Is that the correct place to put it?
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsAre you 100% sure what you're looking at is the front-page.php template? If you're not sure, just put some paragraph text in the front-page.php file that says "This is the front page" to verify you're looking at the right template.
Don Noray
19,238 PointsColin, I did add the "This is the front page" to the front-page file but the code did not work. I used <?php get_header('home'); ?> and it worked. Will this caused any problems that I'm unaware of?
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsIf it works how you want it to I wouldn't think there is a problem. I think the if statement mentioned by John Wheal is something that is intended to be used on every template page to get the header, but it's not necessary to accomplish what you're trying to do. Maybe it's better practice to do it that other way? I'm not sure.
Don Noray
19,238 PointsThanks again Colin