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1. fionachan
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hi, I'm using Pink Touch 2 theme on my blog. I'm trying to move the footer's widgets to a sidebar (that doesn't really exist yet). I moved the blog posts to the left and I want the widgets as a sidebar on the right, but I have no idea how to do it. Any one has any idea?

2. fionachan
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   bump! Anyone?

3. fionachan
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   is there really no one who can help?

4. webnub
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I am also trying to customize the theme so any help would be grateful.. I guess you have to modify the css and add a sidebar section, an then add another <div class="sidebar">. I am not very experienced in web programming though. The theme does not have a sidebar.php function. If anyone is more experienced it should not be that hard to do

5. fionachan
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   yeah I was just experiencing and see if it works, not sure how much it the <div class="sidebar"> helps though. A little lazy to remove it.

   Anyway, I downloaded the theme's files and renamed the sidebar-footer.php to sidebar.php, and then I searched in other files to remove footer from the sidebar-footer too. I added <?php get_sidebar(); ?> in the header.php (as the 2nd last line) and in the css I have position: absolute; under widget.

   I have modified the files so many times I can't really keep track of other changes..

6. webnub
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   It is not that simple. you have to add css elements for the list and the divs, and then check the code to see which div is inside which. I believe it is not correct to modify the header.php file. Maybe we should check this first and then perform any changes. I have made some progress and managed to add a sidebar but I haven't aligned the divs properly. Right now it is just a matter of css. I wrote a new sidebar.php with the following contents:
   

   if ( is_active_sidebar( 'main-sidebar' ) ) :?>
   <ul id="sidebar-main" class="xoxo widget-area" role="complementary">
       <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'main-sidebar' ); ?>
   </ul>

   You also have to add it to the functions.php
   

   // This is the main sidebar, next to the posts column.
   register_sidebar( array(
       'name' => __('Main Sidebar', 'candid'),
       'id' => 'main-sidebar',
       'description' => __( 'The sidebar next to the main content', 'candid' ),
   ) );

   You also have to register the css attributes and then I included it in the footer.php (which sucks, it is surely wrong coding style). I haven't figured out the css yet. Hope that helps.

7. fionachan
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Actually I just wanted to move the footer area's widget to become my sidebar. I didn't want the footer widget area at all anyway, and I didn't want to "add a new sidebar". Anyway, what I did worked for me so it's okay. :)

8. latha shreedhar
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Dear fionachan!!

   I am also struck with the same problem! But I am not able solving it. Can you please give me your pink-touch-customized template folder as a zip.

   Thanks you in advance

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