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1. bpering
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I want to know how to remove Blogroll & Meta categories from the sidebar. Any help would be appreciated.

   Thanks,

   Bob

2. equaldesign
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   If your using the Default theme I am pretty sure that you can add some widgets of your own and they will disappear.

   Or you can edit the default themes sidebar.php file.

3. bpering
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   No. I am using the theme tropicala. I've been all through the different php files and can't find any reference to Blodroll or Meta.

   I'm fairly new at this, so I figure it's something simple. I just can't figure it out.

   Thanks for your help.

   Bob

4. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Typically you remove them by editing the sidebar.php of the theme you are using, not the default theme unless you are using the default theme.

5. bpering
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I am using the theme tropicala.

   I have been all through the sidebar.php file and I can't see the Blogroll or Meta inf anywhere.

   I'm not familiar with PHP Coding, but I think I could see it if it was there. But then again, maybe not.

   Thanks,

   Bob

6. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I just downloaded the theme Tropicala. If you do not see this code in sidebar.php then you are using a modified version of the theme.

   in sidebar.php:
   blogroll:
   `<?php /* If this is the frontpage */ if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
   <?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>`

   Meta:
   

   <li>
           <h2>Meta</h2>
           <ul>
             <?php wp_register(); ?>
             <li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
             <li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">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="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>

   Meta is here:
   <?php wp_meta(); ?>

   </ul>
         </li>

7. bpering
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks stvwlf,

   That did the trick. The problem I had was not understanding the PHP code. I had seen those text blocks several times, but didn't realize what they pertained to.

   After I commented them out, they went away.

   Thanks again for your help,

   Bob

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