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1. pknox
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I thought I would find Widgets under the Appearance Menu as per one of the on line turorial videos but it's not there. I am new to WordPress and blogging and would appreciate any advice. Thanks

2. richarduk
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If it's not there under Appearance it presumably means that widgets need to be enabled.

   In functions.php add something like this to give two places where widgets can go:

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
   	register_sidebar(1);
   	register_sidebar(2);

   In your page e.g. index.php or category.php add something like this to create two separate 'containers' for widgets:

   <div id="box-whatever">
   <ul class="ul-something">
   <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>
   <p>Some default text here in case you forget to put a  widget in </p>
   <?php endif; ?>
   </ul>
   </div>
   
   <div id="box-whatever">
   <ul class="ul-something">
   <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : else : ?>
   <p>Some default text here in case you forget to put a  widget in </p>
   <?php endif; ?>
   </ul>
   </div>

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