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1. raduletzgo
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am currently using the zen minimalist theme for my blog. This blog is using a sidebar like most blog pages do.
   I tried to add a second sidebar which worked, well almost. The second sidebar appears on my blog but problems are shifting. ;)

   As soon as I add this
   <?php include("sidebar2.php"); ?> to my index.php file all my links on the blog stop working. Everytime I click on one I get to the main page. Now I am trying to understand how this theme loads the original sidebar. Maybe this will help me somehow. I see no function like this <?php get_sidebar(); ?> in the index.php file.

   Does anyone know what's going on here?

   <?php
   get_header();
   ?>
   
   <?php include("sidebar2.php"); ?>
   
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   <?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?>
   
   <div class="post">
   	 <h3 class="storytitle" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   	<div class="meta"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category(',') ?> — <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit This')); ?>
   	</div><!-- end META -->
   
   	<div class="storycontent">
   		<?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>
   	</div><!-- end STORYCONTENT -->
   
   	<div class="feedback">
               <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>
   	</div><!-- end FEEDBACK -->
   
   	<!--
   	<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
   	-->
   
   </div><!-- end POST -->
   
   <div id="comments-post">
   <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
   </div><!-- end COMMENTS-POST -->
   
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
   <?php endif; ?>
   
   <?php posts_nav_link(' — ', __('&laquo; Previous Page'), __('Next Page &raquo;')); ?>
   
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   Since the original sidebar is not called in the index file there is no need to do it.
   I tried it anyway by adding both sidebars to the index file
   

   <?php include("sidebar.php"); ?>
   
   <?php include("sidebar2.php"); ?>

   I changed the functions.php as well in this case (2 sidebars instead of 1), but still no luck. Links are still broken/bad.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   1. Look in the theme's header.php or footer.php for the call to the original sidebar.

   2. Rename sidebar2.php to sidebar-2.php and try using <?php get_sidebar('2'):?>

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_sidebar

3. raduletzgo
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you very much.
   OMG I am such an idiot. I should have looked in the footer.
   I never thought it was in the footer.

   Anyway I added this:
   <?php include("sidebar2.php"); ?>
   to the footer and it works now.

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