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1. xavier039
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I would like to add more than one sidebar. I have my functions.php script to register 4 sidebars:
   PHP Code:
   

   <?php
   <code></code>if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar1',
   'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="side-c %2$s">', // Removes <li>
   'after_widget' => '</div>', // Removes </li>
   'before_title' => '<h3>', // Replaces <h2>
   'after_title' => '</h3>', // Replaces </h2>
   ));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar2',
   'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="side-c %2$s">', // Removes <li>
   'after_widget' => '</div>', // Removes </li>
   'before_title' => '<h3>', // Replaces <h2>
   'after_title' => '</h3>', // Replaces </h2>
   ));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar3',
   'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="side-c %2$s">', // Removes <li>
   'after_widget' => '</div>', // Removes </li>
   'before_title' => '<h3>', // Replaces <h2>
   'after_title' => '</h3>', // Replaces </h2>
   ));
   register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar4',
   'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="side-c %2$s">', // Removes <li>
   'after_widget' => '</div>', // Removes </li>
   'before_title' => '<h3>', // Replaces <h2>
   'after_title' => '</h3>', // Replaces </h2>
   ));
   ?>

   My sidebar.php script is set for 4 sidebars as well:
   PHP Code:
   

   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar1') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar2') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar3') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('sidebar4') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   I have my sidebars set in the right place. I placed my
   PHP Code:
   <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   in the right places. However when I go to place the 4 widgets all 4 widgets only appear in the first sidebar while the other sidebars remain blank. Any ideas?

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   And how do you call the sidebar2 and sidebar3 and sidebar4 into your template files???

3. xavier039
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I used <?php get_sidebar(); ?> to call each of them. I called sidebar in the header then I wanted to call the next three in the footer. Am I calling them wrong? Is it suppose to be <?php get_sidebar2(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar3(); ?> and so on? Do I still only need just sidebar.php and not sidebar2.php?

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Am I calling them wrong?
   Yes.

   Is it suppose to be <?php get_sidebar2(); ?>
   <?php get_sidebar3(); ?> and so on?
   No!

   You should have searched a bit the forums how to call a non-standard template file...
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/yourfile-name.php'); ?>

   Use it as it is, change only the file name.
   Assuming you have 3 more files in the theme folder, named sidebar2.php, sidebar3.php and sidebar4.php...
   If you don't ---

5. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Just out of curiousity: do you have a theme that can accomodate 4 sidebars? I'd like to see it, if it's possible.

6. xavier039
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Got it! Thank you so much. I didn't know about the ability to call a non-standard template file. Once you said that I was golden. 100 times easier than what anybody else has written up. I actually have 10 sidebars. It is just the whole left side of the post is a sidebar. Then on the right side of the post I have 9 boxes that I made each into their own sidebar. Basically I wanted unique boxes to the right of my posts so I made each their own sidebar. www.joystiq.com has the same layout I use check out their's for an example.

7. deanhatescoffee
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   @ moshu - My Fight theme has 4 sidebars; well, 1 on the side, 3 on the bottom, but they're all widgetized and functioning.

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