sustainable
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I have a pretty plain WordPress 3.3.1 install with the stock twentyeleven theme. I dragged and dropped (via Appearance/Widgets) the Calendar to the Showcase Sidebar and clicked the Save button.
I expected to see the calendar on the Showcase Sidebar but I don't see any change.
What am I missing?
Update: Actually, I can't see now even the Main Sidebar. I could swear I saw it working. And yes - I tried the 3 different "Default Layout" settings in Appearance/Theme Options.
Also, I am using a *child* theme of twenteyelven (style.css only)
The Showcase template has its own sidebar. See Appearance - > Widgets -> Showcase Sidebar
sustainable
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi Huh??? Did you read my question?
Yes - try switching back to the parent theme first.
sustainable
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi Thanks. I switched, but that didn't help. Any other idea that would not mandate re-installing WordPress and repeating everything I have done from scratch?
Is the Showcase sidebar showing in Appearance -> Widgets? If not, have you tried:
- deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
- resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
- re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress.
sustainable
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
@esmi Yes, the Showcase sidebar is showing in Appearance -> Widgets.
I also completely uninstalled all plugins.
I am out of ideas.
So the Showcase sidebar is showing in Appearance -> Widgets when you use Twenty Eleven but not when you use your child of Twenty Eleven, yes?
BunnyBomb
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I have the same problem.
I am using the stock version of Twenty Eleven.
When I drag any widget into the "Showcase Sidebar" widget area, nothing appears on any pages using the "Sidebar Template".
Why is this?
BunnyBomb
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
Ah, answered my own question. I need to be using the Showcase Template, if I am reading correctly.
pmarfell
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I have just upgraded a site to 3.3.1 using Twenty Eleven and the Main Sidebar disappeared. I was looking for a solution and noticed that it shows on blogs but not pages. Since the home page is a page the sidebar was not showing to visitors until a blog was selected from the menu.
I then realised that not all pages would need the sidebar so it is reasonable for it to be an option for the page. I went to the individual pages and found on the right the Template drop-down. Selecting Sidebar Template from the options then displays the sidebar on those pages I want it to appear.
Simples.
ACJWL
Member
Posted 10 months ago #
When I changed the template off to the right within the template drop down and selected sidebar template my whole page went haywire. Any other ideas?
illkinetics
Member
Posted 9 months ago #
I'm still having an issue with my main page - showcase slidebar.
When I click apperance-widgets i do have an option for showcase slidebar but and type of widget i put there does not show up. This is not a sub page but a main page so their is no link to change in "PAGES". Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Site = tubbysnc.com
Thanks
