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Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points
Posted by Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points

PHP Advice

The code below is to add a custom block in Woo Themes Canvas theme not sure if I have been staring at this piece of code for to long but I just cannot figure out the problem it is in my functions.php file to display a custom block on the home page only when I add this code I get a blank page.

function woo_my_custom_block() {
if ( !( is_home() || is_front_page()  ) { return; }
?>
<div id="block1">
<div class="col-full">
hi!
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
add_action( 'woo_content_before', 'woo_my_custom_block');

3 Answers

Jennifer Rai
Jennifer Rai
Courses Plus Student 13,164 Points

Have you tried something like this :

<?php 

function woo_my_custom_block() { 
   if (is_front_page()){
          get_template_part( 'partials/section', 'block-1' ); 
   }
 }

?>
Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points
Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points 
function woo_my_custom_block() { 
   if (is_front_page()){
          get_template_part( 'partials/section', 'block-1' ); 
   }
 }

add_action( 'woo_content_after', 'woo_my_custom_block');

OK that sorted it your a star :) the functions.php file didnt require the php tags that was breaking my code I now have a nice full width content block on my theme homepage

Jennifer Rai
Jennifer Rai
Courses Plus Student 13,164 Points

Great, glad I could help :-)

Jennifer Rai
PLUS
Jennifer Rai
Courses Plus Student 13,164 Points
Jennifer Rai
Jennifer Rai
Courses Plus Student 13,164 Points

Hi Anthony - It looks like you are missing a closing curly brace in the function at the top. You close the if statement, but not the function. Try this:

function woo_my_custom_block() {
if ( !( is_home() || is_front_page()  ) { return; }
}
Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points
Anthony Hind
Anthony Hind
5,715 Points

Hi,

Thanks I tried that but I still get a blank page after I use the code I can get it to work with the following code

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* You can add custom functions below */
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/


function woo_my_custom_block() {
?>


<?php get_template_part( 'partials/section', 'block-1' ); ?>

<?php
}


add_action( 'woo_content_after', 'woo_my_custom_block');

Unfortunately I am working locally but using the code above displays my custom block on every page but I would like it on the homepage only.