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1. apostilladotcom
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have been trying to change the sidebar in one of my page templates and I haven't been able to do it, it seems that it's because I am using wordpress 3.0.1 I need help.

   This is what I have on my page template:

   <?php get_sidebar(); //Include the Sidebar ?>

   Right now it's pulling the file sidebar.php like my other page templates, but I would like it to pull my file sidebar-2.php

   I have tried numerous things that I've found in your forums and on the internet, like:

   <?php get_sidebar(2); //Include the Sidebar ?>

   Or:

   <?php get_sidebar(TEMPLATEPATH . 'sidebar-2.php'); //Include the Sidebar ?>

   And others, but none of them are working, it either pulls sidebar.php or it pulls an error.

   Please help me because I am going literally "NUTS"!

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

   Try <?php get_sidebar('2'); ?>

3. apostilladotcom
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It didn't work but thanks, I am not sure what's going on.
   When I do that it still pulls sidebar.php

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

   Try renaming sidebar-2.php to sidebar-two.php and using <?php get_sidebar('two'); ?>

5. apostilladotcom
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I tried, and it's not working, I also tried many different names.

   I found this on the wordpress help forum but I can't really understand what it means and what should I write:

   get_sidebar (line 82)

   Load sidebar template.

   Includes the sidebar template for a theme or if a name is specified then a specialised sidebar will be included.

   For the parameter, if the file is called "sidebar-special.php" then specify "special".

   * since: 1.5.0
   * uses: locate_template()
   * uses: do_action() - Calls 'get_sidebar' action.

   void get_sidebar ([string $name = null])

   * string $name: The name of the specialised sidebar.

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

   It's saying that if you have a sidebar template file called sidebar-two.php, you call it using <?php get_sidebar('two');?>. The info at the end relates to advanced coding.

   Check the name of your sidebar template file. If it's not called sidebar-two.php, then the general sidebar template (sidebar.php) will be used in its place.

7. apostilladotcom
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you but that's exactly what I'm doing and it's still not working, are there any other options to write this code?

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

   You've tried them all. Looks like there's an issue with your sidebar file's name.

9. apostilladotcom
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The name is ok, can it be another type of issue?
   The sidebar is installed ok, it's showing up on my widgets page...

10. apostilladotcom
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I did it!! thanks to all for your help.
    I now have another issue.
    The new side bars are shown, but they're not aligned:
    http://apostillado.info/espanol
    The sidebar should look lik this one:
    http://apostillado.info/faq
    Do you guys know what could've happened?

11. apostilladotcom
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    and it's mixing with the page content:
    http://apostillado.info/us-states

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

    Start by sorting out the validation errors.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_a_Website

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