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1. ibrahimmufeed
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi there,

   Recently I change my theme to a new one that is not widget-aware. I like the new theme so much but I still having some problems with it.

   First question is: is there any easy way that may help me to make it widget-ware?
   ps: I read the instructions wordpress suggest but I could not do it.

   Second: I edit my sidebar on Sidebar.php file and it is fine, but the problem is, there still two widgets "not really widgets", that still appear even I did not find there code, they are the "Links" and the "Meta". I need to delete "Meta" and keep the Links.

   here is my website:
   http://ibrahimmufeed.freehostia.com

   Can anybody here help me.
   Thank you for your time.

2. Len
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Making your theme widget-aware is not difficult at all. I see your theme is an older theme (pre-WordPress 2.0). First create a new file called functions.php and insert the following ...

   <?php
   if ( function_exists(’register_sidebar’) )
   register_sidebar();
   ?>

   Take care not to include any spaces before or after the opening/closing php tags. Upload the file to your theme's folder. Next, open up sidebar.php and directly after the opening <ul> tag insert the following ...

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

   Scroll down further and and just before the closing </ul> tag insert the following ...

   <?php endif; ?>

   Be advised that most themes are designed such that the sidebar is contained within an unordered list. If your theme is not (and I suspect it isn't) you'll need to have a look at these instructions ...

   http://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/

   Scoll down to the heading --> My sidebar isn’t a list. What do I do?

   Or, you can get an updated and widget-aware version of that theme here,
   http://www.troublezone.net/firefox-v2/

3. Preeminent
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Great info LenK. Thanks!

4. ibrahimmufeed
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you for help,

   It is really unordered list , I do the steps you told me but the problem is when I upload the file Functions.php to the right directory I could not see it in the theme editor. I tried for along time but till now I could not see the file.

   ps: I use Fireftp, and when I finish the file transfare I see it in the website folders in the current directory.

   Thank you.

5. xdesi
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   functions.php should be start with a small F not capital.
   All it needs inside it is this:
   

   <?php
   if ( function_exists(’register_sidebar’) )
   register_sidebar();
   ?>

   As suggested above.
   Then edit your sidebar.php to include the new sidebar as above.

6. ibrahimmufeed
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you,

   I have just found it, it was already small f.

7. ibrahimmufeed
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   After I found the file, I continue working with the next step.

   After each Unordered List opining tag I added the code:
   

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

   and before the end tag of the Unordered List I insert the code:
   <?php endif; ?>

   I save the file sidebar.php. and go to the Widget subtab under the Design tab, but it still says that "No Sidebars Defined".

   Anybody can help please.
   ps: I may give the login and the password of my blog if someone is able to do it for me.

   Thank you.

8. Len
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi Ibrahim.

   Got your email. As I said in my reply I'm extremely busy with work the last couple of months (which is why I haven't been very active here in the forum) but I'll see what I can do for you. You can contact me off-forum again if you wish.

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