Posted 2 years ago #
Hi guys
My site, http://www.aflsource.com
Now i want to add another sidebar on the left hand side so i have room to add google adds.
I have found a couple sites that walk you through it, but im having a little trouble because there is always little differences and i then get confused
Im wondering if anyone would be able to help, if so it would be greatly appreciated
Posted 2 years ago #
bump/
“The greatest prayer is patience” - The Buddha
Posted 2 years ago #
honestly, tutorials are going to be different
the mechanics of adding a sidebar are pretty much the same, but the way people code can be different depending how they learned.
Also, depends on what theme they are teaching you about
I learned from this one....
http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/
but basically you may have to play around a bit....
Posted 2 years ago #
sorry alchymth. i waited 10 hours :O lol
i think it is because of the time difference, im from australia
Also i was working off that site, i think my issue is with the index.php it should have -
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php'); ?>
but my template ( Stripey ) didnt have this code.
Also, my site DID have a functions.php page, and had this code that related to
<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') )
register_sidebars(2);
?>
but looked like this.
<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
{
register_sidebar(array(
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
'after_title' => '</h2>',
));
}
With a whole heap of other code, that i couldnt find in any other theme that had 2 columns.
start to edit header.php - at the end: change from this:
<div id="body">
<div id="body_top">
<div id="body_left">
<div id="body_left_content">to this:
<div id="body">
<div id="body_top">
<?php include("sidebar2.php") ?>
<div id="body_left">
<div id="body_left_content">(read for instance: http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/how-to-create-multiple-dynamic-sidebars-for-wordpress-widgets/)
make a copy of 'sidebar.php' and name it 'sidebar2.php', save it in the theme folder (the same folder you got sidebar.php from).
edit 'sidebar2.php': end up with this code in there, sidebar2 code
edit 'functions.php': only at the beginning functions code (only the first 16 lines are different - copy them from the link without the line numbers, scroll further down to get the code)
edit style.css at a few places:
(assuming and tested with sidebar2 width:190px)
add these new lines:
#sidebar2 {
width:190px;
float:left;
margin-left:10px;
margin-top: 15px;
}find these and edit the numbers:
#body_left{
width:460px; /*was 670px without sidebar2 wide 190px*/
float:left;#body_left_content{
width:415px; /*was 615px without sidebar2 wide 190px*/
padding:25px 0 0 30px;
}#respond{
margin:40px 15px 0 10px; /*reduced 30px to 10px*/
padding-bottom:60px;
}#commentform{
margin-left:25px; /*reduced from 55px*/
color:#000000;
font-size:12px;
width:80%;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}this should be all, not intensively tested:
good luck, ;-)
Posted 2 years ago #
Hey thank you so much!
Well i decided to not go with that. I was having wayy to much trouble formatting the whole document
I decided to go with adding a white strip on the side, so i can put the adds in there
My problem now is, i have the image but i cant seem to move it at all
Im using the code
#advert{
position:absolute;
background-color:white;
width:120px;
height:600px;
top:196px;
left:870px;
z-index: 9;
}
which is in the style sheet
and then putting the div into the header.php where all the other divs seem to be.
Posted 2 years ago #
I fixed the problem
now i have an issue or question, i want to get my google adds to appear in this white section instead of all over my blog. im using Adsense now!
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