Posted 11 months ago #
I am trying to add an additional sidebar (with widgets) to my site which already has two other sidebars. I have gone through numerous instructions that I have found via WordPress and have been unable to add a new sidebar.
I followed these directions:
New way of adding sidebars
I got up to where it states "you have to create a custom sidebar-file under the name sidebar-custom.php."
The next step would be to see my sidebar under my appearance tab but it is not there.
Help!
Posted 11 months ago #
We'll need to see your actual code, in order to help.
Posted 11 months ago #
What part of the code do you need to see?
Posted 11 months ago #
The code you're using to add the additional sidebar.
Posted 11 months ago #
This is in my widgets.php file
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Posted 11 months ago #
That is Widget-registering code, not dynamic sidebar-registering code.
Can you post the code you're using to register your sidebar?
(Also: forum rules require any code longer than about 10 lines to be added to a Pastebin, and linked in the topic.)
Posted 11 months ago #
That is the only code that I have put in thus far. I stopped at this instruction because i did not see my sidebar listed under my widgets. I am unsure what my next step would be.
Posted 11 months ago #
None of the code you added actually registers a sidebar.
You need to register a sidebar in order for it to appear.
See here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar
Posted 11 months ago #
This is what I added in the widgets.php file:
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'custom',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown on the right-hand side.',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => ''
));
<?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar ('custom');
} ?>
Posted 11 months ago #
Take out this bit:
<?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar ('custom');
} ?>
Posted 11 months ago #
So then where will I see my new sidebar. RIght now it is still pulling the old one even though I have named it 'custom' in my index file.
Posted 11 months ago #
You need to hook that register_sidebar() call into the widgets_init hook.
Posted 11 months ago #
Im sorry. Looking and cant find the widgets_init hook. Where would I find it?
Posted 11 months ago #
You need to do something like this:
function mytheme_register_sidebars() {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'custom',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown on the right-hand side.',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => ''
));
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'mytheme_register_sidebars' );
Posted 11 months ago #
I customized it:
function sdttheme_register_sidebars() {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'custom',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown on the right-hand side.',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => ''
));
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'sdttheme_register_sidebars' );Is this correct? What would be my next step from here/
Posted 11 months ago #
Now, go to Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets
Do you see your Sidebar listed?
Posted 11 months ago #
no. Still only two.
Posted 11 months ago #
Can you move that function and add_action call out of your widgets.php file, and directly into your functions.php file, just for testing?
Posted 11 months ago #
Oh, wait: try hooking into 'after_setup_theme' rather than 'widgets_init'.
i.e.:
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'sdttheme_register_sidebars' );
Posted 11 months ago #
Actually putting it in the Functions file worked! I see it now in my widgets!
Posted 11 months ago #
thanks!
Posted 11 months ago #
Great! So now you just need to add the dynamic sidebar somewhere in your template, and you're good to go.
Posted 7 months ago #
I installed the WP Big City theme, now I want the move the sidebar from the right to the left.
Please help me.
Thx.
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