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1. oetzitterd
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi All,

   I have WP 2.3.3 and using an older template. Now I want to include widgets. I already followed the instructions on http://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/ and looked at some widget compatible templates but everything I try does not work.

   I added the following code:
   

   <?php
   if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>							<ul id="sidebar">
   <il> test </il>
   </ul>
   <?php endif;
   ?>

   But nothing is changing. Test shows up nicely but still I a getting the following msg:

   You are seeing this message because the theme you are currently using isn’t widget-aware, meaning that it has no sidebars that you are able to change. For information on making your theme widget-aware, please follow these instructions.

   can somebody shed a light on it?

2. stanch
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   or you can try this Widgetizing Sidebar tutorial. anyway, sometime that problem occur caused by our browser cache, so try to clearing your browser cache.

3. oetzitterd
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi Stanch,

   that already helped a lot. I can see the widget option in the admin now but the widgets are not active on my site (nothing in the source code when I look at my site)

   I installed the default theme (Kubrick) and there the widgets work.

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   <il> test </il>

   If you really have this in your sidebar - I don't think it will ever work.
   What is "il"?

5. oetzitterd
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi Moshu,

   I took that out completly now and still it is not working:

   <ul id="sidebar"><?php if ( function_exists(’dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar() ) : else : ?>
   								<?php endif; ?></ul>

   It was already in the template file before, so I left it in there.

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