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WordPress › Support Tag: sidebars http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Tag: sidebars en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:24:24 +0000 tjesker on "Can't get background color on sidebars to extend fully" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/330893#post-1280922 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:45:27 +0000 tjesker 1280922@http://wordpress.org/support/ Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I Googled "faux background css" and came up with the linked article below, followed the instructions and that did the trick: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4488586_install-faux-columns.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ehow.com/how_4488586_install-faux-columns.html</a> Tom esmi on "Can't get background color on sidebars to extend fully" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/330893#post-1278879 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:25 +0000 esmi 1278879@http://wordpress.org/support/ <blockquote>I would like the left and right sidebars to have the tan #CCCC99 background color extend fully down the page to match whatever height the article in the middle section happens to be.</blockquote> You and just about every other web designer on the planet. There's no way to do this easily via CSS other than using a faux background image that contains the two coloured blocks at the correct width. Or setting the wrapper background to the color that you want and placing the content on top if that. tjesker on "Can't get background color on sidebars to extend fully" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/330893#post-1278367 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:39:33 +0000 tjesker 1278367@http://wordpress.org/support/ Please see <a href="http://tomesker.com/blackburn/wordpress/keynote" rel="nofollow">http://tomesker.com/blackburn/wordpress/keynote</a>. I would like the left and right sidebars to have the tan #CCCC99 background color extend fully down the page to match whatever height the article in the middle section happens to be. I've tried adding: background-color: #CCCC99; to art-contentLayout and also to art-sidebar2 in style.css and fiddled with the CSS a number of other places with no effect. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks Tom Esker Brian Score on "Side Bars have moved down under page" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/330836#post-1278191 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:25:41 +0000 Brian Score 1278191@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hello again! I manged to solve the problem, I checked a back up copy of the page.php I made a couple of weeks ago and found an error. For those that might have the same problem read this: <?php comments_template(); ?> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> The two div tags were missing but I have no idea why that should have cause the problem. Inserting them worked for me. Brian Score on "Side Bars have moved down under page" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/330836#post-1278169 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:22 +0000 Brian Score 1278169@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hi, I am using a modified Neo Sapien which was fine until I tried to enable comments on my posts. All the control panel functions were set to do this but the fault turned out to be a missing single.php file. I uploaded one and that works fine but when I click on any page but the home page the right hand sidebars shoot down under that page. Any ideas how to modify the code to resolve that? Site is <a href="http://www.tenerife-sexo.com">here</a> voodazzed on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1275743 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:45:31 +0000 voodazzed 1275743@http://wordpress.org/support/ Ah, okay, i think I'm starting to understand it now. I'll give a try and see what happens. Thanks again!:) MCWebdesign on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1275709 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:41:01 +0000 MCWebdesign 1275709@http://wordpress.org/support/ I Managed to resolve this using php include in the end (even though it hadnt worked earlier) blondishnet on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1275004 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:29:10 +0000 blondishnet 1275004@http://wordpress.org/support/ It is not difficult to link different templates or child templates to your main theme. You simply have to include the files like if your footer or header or even sidebars are different from one page to the next. When you create your pages, you will be able to select the template you created and whatever text or images on your page that you published will show up with the template you wanted. Example of basic template files: Page 1 (with 1 sidebar): header.php sidebar.php index.php footer.php Page 2 ( with 2 sidebars): header.php sidebar.php sidebar2.php content.php (<--- like your index.php page, but it is the new template to include both sidebars) footer.php (you will have a different index template - I do not name any content pages like index2, rather content.php. and then your two sidebars.) voodazzed on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1274679 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:54:35 +0000 voodazzed 1274679@http://wordpress.org/support/ So each page would be a different template? MCWebdesign on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1274138 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:50:51 +0000 MCWebdesign 1274138@http://wordpress.org/support/ Ok so i've had a bit more of a look around and i think i have made my references more exact. I am calling the sidebar as such <code><?php get_sidebar('sidebar-main'); ?></code> the functions.php file is as so: <pre><code><?php /** * @package WordPress * @subpackage Classic_Theme */ if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'')); ?> <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-main')); ?> <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-events')); ?> <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-mission')); ?> <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-services')); ?> <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-resources')); ?></code></pre> And I can edit the sidebars in admin ok, but only the first sidebar shows on the pages. Please can someone help? MCWebdesign on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1273845 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:09:41 +0000 MCWebdesign 1273845@http://wordpress.org/support/ Ahh I just figured out what you are meaning. so my sidebar code now looks like this, though i still can't quite figure out how you tell which sidebar to appear on which page from this? <pre><code> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' . __('Pages:')); ?> <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_after=&title_before='); ?> <?php wp_list_categories('title_li=' . __('Categories:')); ?> <li id="search"> <label for="s"> <?php _e('Search:'); ?> </label> <form id="searchform" method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>"> <div> <input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="15" /> <input type="submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Search'); ?>" /> </div> </form> </li> <li id="archives"><?php _e('Archives:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?> </ul> </li> <li id="meta"> <?php _e('Meta:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_register(); ?> <li> <?php wp_loginout(); ?> </li> <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>"> <?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>"> <?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>"> <?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>"> <abbr title="WordPress">WP</abbr></a></li> <?php wp_meta(); ?> </ul> </li> <?php endif; ?> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('main') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('events') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('mission') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('resources') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('services') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> </ul> </div> </code></pre> MCWebdesign on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1273442 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:03 +0000 MCWebdesign 1273442@http://wordpress.org/support/ <blockquote>In your pages, you just need <?php get_sidebar(); ?></blockquote> What do i put in the barckets of get sidebar to call each individual sidebar? this is the code i have in each of the sidebar.php files (which works fine for sidebar.php) it just doesnt work for the others <pre><code> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */ if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' . __('Pages:')); ?> <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_after=&title_before='); ?> <?php wp_list_categories('title_li=' . __('Categories:')); ?> <li id="search"> <label for="s"> <?php _e('Search:'); ?> </label> <form id="searchform" method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>"> <div> <input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="15" /> <input type="submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Search'); ?>" /> </div> </form> </li> <li id="archives"><?php _e('Archives:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?> </ul> </li> <li id="meta"> <?php _e('Meta:'); ?> <ul> <?php wp_register(); ?> <li> <?php wp_loginout(); ?> </li> <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>"> <?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>"> <?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>"> <?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>"> <abbr title="WordPress">WP</abbr></a></li> <?php wp_meta(); ?> </ul> </li> <?php endif; ?> </ul> </div> </code></pre> sleeplessinDC on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1273323 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:37:19 +0000 sleeplessinDC 1273323@http://wordpress.org/support/ For some reason the code above omitted the closing and so forth. <code></ul></code> sleeplessinDC on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1273322 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:34:51 +0000 sleeplessinDC 1273322@http://wordpress.org/support/ In your pages, you just need <?php get_sidebar(); ?> Then in your sidebar.php file, call each sidebar like this: <ul class="sidebar_list"> <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar(main)) : ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar(events)) : ?> <li class="widget"> <?php ec3_get_calendar(); ?> <li class="widget">Events <?php ec3_get_events(5); ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar(mission)) : ?> <?php endif; ?> and so forth. voodazzed on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1273312 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:07:25 +0000 voodazzed 1273312@http://wordpress.org/support/ First of all, thank you so much for responding to my noob question. :) I'll look at those links to clarify, but from what I understand, theoretically I could have each page set up on different templates with their own header content footer, etc and I would plug the html and css tags of the pages I designed into the appropriate areas like the original page? Would it be difficult to link the different templated pages together? Thanks again! MCWebdesign on "Problem with Dynamic Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329259#post-1273266 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:43:08 +0000 MCWebdesign 1273266@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hi, hoping someone can help. I have created a site with 6 sidebars names: sidebar.php sidebar-events.php sidebar-main.php sidebar-mission.php sidebar-resources.php sidebar-services.php I have registered them in the functions.php flie which reads as follows: <pre><code><?php /** * @package WordPress * @subpackage Classic_Theme */ automatic_feed_links(); if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array( 'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 'after_widget' => '</li>', 'before_title' => '', 'after_title' => '', )); ?> <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar ('main'); } ?> <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar ('events'); } ?> <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar ('mission'); } ?> <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar ('services'); } ?> <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar ('resources'); } ?></code></pre> And all the sidebars show up in the widgets section of the admin area. Each page calls the appropriate sidebar using ` <?php get_sidebar(6); ?>` I have tried using <code><?php include ('sidebar-resources.php') ?></code> and <code><?php get_sidebar(resources); ?></code> But the only sidebar that i can get to show is the default sidebar (with dynamic content) Any ideas? Oh the site is <a href="www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk">http://www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk</a> blondishnet on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1273235 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:43:16 +0000 blondishnet 1273235@http://wordpress.org/support/ You sound like you would like to vary how your site looks from page to page. This is done with your themes templates. <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates</a> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates</a> If you want three columns, you will want to specify that you need 2 sidebars sidebar1 sidebar2 <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar</a> You will have to eventually put the WordPress dynamic include for your sidebar so you can put your widgets in each to make them unique. If your other page might only include 1 sidebar, you will have to make another content template and sidebar file. Then, for the page you want to apply the new template, there is a dropdown menu for you to select what template you want to use for it. voodazzed on "NOOBILICIOUS "How'd they do that?" question?" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/329236#post-1273198 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:50:14 +0000 voodazzed 1273198@http://wordpress.org/support/ Hi, everybody, I need something cleared up for me about Wordpress. From what I understand, when you want to convert a site into WP, you essentially have to break it up into the php components (index, header, sidebar, etc) and insert the appropriate css. Now my question is, if I choose a 3 column layout, do the additional pages I create in WP HAVE to follow the same template? Also, what if I want to change the sizes or numbers of columns for certain pages or have different feature images? Do I have to create a side bar php and somehow tell the page to get it? I believe this site was made in WP and does everything I'm trying to explain: <a href="http://www.populationmedia.org/">http://www.populationmedia.org/</a>. Could someone explain to me how they managed to do this? It pretty much follows the exact format I want for my site. I would really and TRULY appreciate any help with this. :) Thank you. LadyHope on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265635 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:15:53 +0000 LadyHope 1265635@http://wordpress.org/support/ It took all day but the problem has been resolved. Thanks all for the input. LadyHope on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265390 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:25:02 +0000 LadyHope 1265390@http://wordpress.org/support/ I've never backed up the database, can you provide instructions? wordprest on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265368 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:27 +0000 wordprest 1265368@http://wordpress.org/support/ well, I think it wouldn't. But you can try anyway... db backup?? LadyHope on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265366 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:48:47 +0000 LadyHope 1265366@http://wordpress.org/support/ All of the WP default widgets are available to move to the sidebars. As a test I moved a widget to each of my sidebars, however when I preview my site there are no sidebars available. I did not have any problems with the Thesis theme, I did not experience any problems until I installed the Section Widget. Do you think reinstalling my theme would fix the problem? I hesitate to make any changes that might make things worst. Thanks again for your help. wordprest on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265347 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:15:15 +0000 wordprest 1265347@http://wordpress.org/support/ if you run wp 2.8 or higher you shoul find your previous (disabled) widgets at the bottom of the widget page; you only should bring them back to the sidebar. If they aren't , than they were been deleted from database due to theme compatibility issues... LadyHope on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265338 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:55:06 +0000 LadyHope 1265338@http://wordpress.org/support/ This widget was suggested in the themes forum so I believe the theme is widget-able. I posted a thread on the DIYthems forum about this problem. At any rate I deleted the widget but now my sidebars are missing. Any suggestions on how I get my sidebars back? Thanks for your quick reply. wordprest on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265332 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:37:37 +0000 wordprest 1265332@http://wordpress.org/support/ hello, your theme is not abled for widgets. you could try to search something about "theme widgetization" that needs anyway coding capabilities. Alternatively, change theme. LadyHope on "Need Sidebars" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326814#post-1265327 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:22:19 +0000 LadyHope 1265327@http://wordpress.org/support/ I am using the Thesis theme. I wanted to customize my sidebars to display sub-pages on specific pages so I installed the Section Widget. I wasn't able to get the widget to work, never visable in my sidebar. I tried solutions found in the DIYthemes and Section Widget forums and user guides. No luck. I deleted the Section Widget plug-in hoping to try something different or as a last resort try from the beginning. I now have no sidebars at all, nothing and I don't know what to do. Is it time to re-install my theme? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. bcmoseley on "No Sidebars in IE 7.0 but OK in Firefox" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/324461#post-1258811 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:51:01 +0000 bcmoseley 1258811@http://wordpress.org/support/ Thanks so, so much. I found the garbage from the WordDocument post by searching the Page Source code sheet for WordDocument. Found it. deleted it. fixed. Thanks again! songdogtech on "No Sidebars in IE 7.0 but OK in Firefox" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/324461#post-1257846 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:43:57 +0000 songdogtech 1257846@http://wordpress.org/support/ Don' t cut and paste from Word; it brings all kinds of crazy text formatting code into your blog and throws IE off. If you must, paste out of NotePad. <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Flakewoodheights.org%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.654">Code validation</a> also shows a missing <div> tag or two, which will also cause problems. But first, repaste your last two blog entries and then check in IE. bcmoseley on "No Sidebars in IE 7.0 but OK in Firefox" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/324461#post-1257774 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:16:40 +0000 bcmoseley 1257774@http://wordpress.org/support/ Help! I manage a blog for a non profit neighborhood association (<a href="http://www.lakewoodheights.org">http://www.lakewoodheights.org</a>) and I cannot figure out why the sidebars display fine in Firefox and then vanish in Internet Explorer 7.0. Any help or ideas of where to start are greatly appreciated! starschreck on "different sidebar on different pages" http://wordpress.org/support/topic/262354#post-1256616 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:19:12 +0000 starschreck 1256616@http://wordpress.org/support/ Any luck on this one? I found some good information here in the Docs section, some of which has already been posted here. <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar" rel="nofollow">http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Your_Sidebar</a>