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1. Bill Smith
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   WordPress theme = Blueberry 2.0.3 by Adam Hunter

   I am unable to view my sidebar in posts when accessing posts via their relevant URLs [http://gumdiseaseremedies.com/oramd-ingredients-heres-the-recipe/]. I see no sidebar at all. No images - no text - no links - just a plain white column. (The main post column is normal).

   Strangely - this applies to all posts after the first one (date order) The 1st post [http://gumdiseaseremedies.com/] DOES display the sidebar. The 1st post also acts as the home page. Posts #2 onwards do not display the sidebar.

   However - the sidebar is visible on ALL posts when viewed from within WP Admin area.

   All pages have their sidebar visible at all times - both from within admin and via their URLs - so no problem there. It's just the posts from #2 onwards.

   Does anybody have any help they might offer to resolve this issue please?

   Any thoughts gratefully received.

   Kind regards

   Bill Smith

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   look at index.php of your theme (which shows the latest post and the sidebar) and find the line <?php get_sidebar(); ?> or something very similar. then compare it with single.php (which shows individual post, and no sidebar) and copy the sidebar code into the corresponding place.

3. Bill Smith
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Alchymyth - thanks very much for your response.

   Tried that in several differentways - but it just seemed to throw everything all over the post - bit like a car crash.

   Anyway - I have now restored things to exactly how they were before.

   It seems (to my uneducated eye) that there is a 'what-if' instruction in 'single.php' that refers to 'blueberry_sidebar'.

   Here is the code from single.php

   ++++++QUOTE+++++++++++

   <?php get_header(); ?>

   <div id="content" class="<?php blueberry_sidebar(); ?>">

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) { while ( have_posts() ) { the_post(); ?>

   <div class="navigation">
   <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_post_link('« %link') ?></div>
   <div class="alignright"><?php next_post_link('%link »') ?></div>
   </div>
   <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   <div class="entry">
   <?php
   the_content('<p>Continue reading ' . the_title('', '', false) . ' »</p>');
   wp_link_pages(
   array('before' => '<p>Pages: ',
   'after' => '</p>',
   'next_or_number' => 'number'
   )
   );
   ?>
   </div><!-- .entry -->
   <p class="postmeta center">
   " title="<?php the_title(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
   <?php the_title(); ?> was posted on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>.
   This post is tagged <?php the_tags('', ', ', ''); ?> and is filed under <?php the_category(', '); ?>.
   You can follow the replies through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('comments feed'); ?>.
   <?php blueberry_response(); ?>
   </p>
   </div><!-- .post #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->

   <?php } } else { ?>

   <h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
   <p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>

   <?php } ?>

   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   <?php comments_template(); ?>

   <?php endwhile; else: ?>

   <p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>

   <?php endif; ?>

   </div>
   <?php if ( get_option('blueberry_sidebar') ) { get_sidebar(); } ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   +++++++UNQUOTE+++++++

   Does this make a course of action any clearer ??

   Many thanks for your help - it's much appreciated.

   Kind regards

   Bill Smith

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   optimal - that means you can set the sidebar from:
   admin dashbord -> appearance -> Blueberry options -> then in the top bar it should say 'enable post sidebar'

   no programming needed ;-)

5. Bill Smith
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi Alchymyth

   Thanks for sticking with this one !

   I did as you described - however - when I got to Blueberry Options the sidebar was already enabled. I disabled it - and the sidebar was gone altogether.

   I then enabled it again - and the sidebar returned - but was empty as before.

   The plot thickens.

   Now I wish I had studied php sometime . . . !

   Is there anything else I can check - or should I be thinking about abandoning ship and go find another theme and redo the whole presentation ?

   It would be a shame as I really liked the simplicity of this theme.

   Kind regards

   Bill Smith

6. Bill Smith
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   And another quick point on this same subject . . .

   You see an empty sidebar from the URL:

   http://gumdiseaseremedies.com/oramd-ingredients-heres-the-recipe/

   But if you view the same page from the archives (which isn't where people are naturally going to find it):

   http://gumdiseaseremedies.com/category/gum-disease/page/2/

   the sidebar is populated.

   Is there any way to make the URL do the same as the archives ??

   Many thanks - again.

   Bill Smith

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   a way to do this:

   enable the sidebar from the admin;

   and edit single.php (i.e. remove the conditional stuff) - the last few lines should then look like this:

   <?php endif; ?>
   
   	</div>
   <?php  get_sidebar();  ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   hope this works ;-)

8. Bill Smith
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks for sticking with this . . . you've cracked it !!

   It's all working beautifully now.

   I have stopped tearing my hair out and hopefully some will grow back in time for Christmas so I can face my relatives.

   Thanks a million . . .

   Kind regards

   Bill Smith

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