dynamic sidebar not recognized??

That is correct.

I’m starting to think it’s something that is going on in the header part of the code because this works for a different theme.

Thank you for the reply. I did that just to make things more simple (I should have known I would somehow screw it up)! Here is what is in the sidebar.php :

<div class=”sidebar”>

<!– 1 –>

<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

<!– 2 –>

<li class=”side-header”>

<li class=”side-back”>
<h2><?php _e(‘Archives’,’simpson’); ?></h2>

<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly’); ?>

<li class=”side-footer”>

<!– 3 –>

<?php endif; ?>

<!– 4 –>

<!– 5 –>

</div>

and here is what gets published/printed to the page:

<div class=”sidebar”>

<!– 1 –>

<li id=”archives” class=”widget widget_archives”><h2 class=”widgettitle”>Archives</h2>

• September 2007

<!– 4 –>

<!– 5 –>

</div>

If I simply remove the

<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

tag and it’s closer the site prints as anticipated/desired. Am I allowed to simply remove the ?php if tag and what bad things might happen if I do?

Thanks so much for the support,
Kurt

When the coding between the

<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

and

<?php endif; ?>

get left out the style of the widgets gets lost.

The problem is that if I remove this coding then the widgets I add or remove from the page will have to be written into the coding of sidebar.php instead of controlled by the administrative files.

I might go this route since I can’t figure out why the above code works with one theme and not with another????

Thanks again for the replies.