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1. DStall
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How can I make Sidebar 2 option to show in Widget Dashboard for adding widgets? Currently only Sidebar 1 shows as option, even though I have both sidebar1.php and sidebar2.php files included in index.php file using the following code (preceded by <?php):

   include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar1.php'); ?>
   include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php'); ?>

2. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You will need code in your functions.php file that registers two (2) widget zones, with something such as this:
   

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
     register_sidebars(2,array(
         'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',
         'after_widget' => '</div><!--/widget-->',
         'before_title' => '<h2>',
         'after_title' => '</h2>',
         ));

   Then you can set each widget zone separately, with code such as the following:
   - for widget zone 1:
   

   <?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>
   ...
   <?php endif; ?>

   ... and similar for widget zone 2:
   

   <?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : else : ?>
   ...
   <?php endif; ?>

   Hope that gets you pointed in the right direction ...

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