Default PW install sidebar?

[PhotoWebMax]

Quick question:

The default PS install has a sidebar_item in the main head.inc template file:

<div class='sidebar_item'>

					<?php

					// if the current page has a populated 'sidebar' field, then print it,
					// otherwise print the sidebar from the homepage
					
					if($page->sidebar) echo $page->sidebar; 
						else echo $homepage->sidebar; 
					?>

				</div>

			</div><!--/sidebar-->

The thing I notice is that the all the pages in the default site will echo the Summary text from the Home page. I was expecting the other pages to print the text from the individual summaries?

[diogo]

1. Go to the admin.
2. Edit the page "about".
3. write "lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala" in the field called "sidebar".
4. save the page.
5. open the "about" page in the browser.

[Pete]

The clue is here:

if($page->sidebar) echo $page->sidebar;
                        else echo $homepage->sidebar;

It literally means "if this page has a value in the sidebar field, echo that, else echo the sidebar text from the homepage".

[PhotoWebMax]

Sorry, but I started this thread after briefly mixing up the summary and sidebar feeds in one of my test projects. Makes sense now...