• Hi..

    I’m having trouble adding a new widget area to my theme. So far I have two and they have been installed as such

    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    /*  Enable Widgetized sidebar
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    function mts_widgets_init() {
    	register_sidebars(array(
    		'name'=>'Sidebar',
            'id' => 'sidebar',
    		'description'   => __( 'Appears on posts and pages', 'mythemeshop' ),
    		'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget widget-sidebar %2$s">',
    		'after_widget' => '</li>',
    		'before_title' => '<h3>',
    		'after_title' => '</h3>',
    	));
    
    }
    add_action( 'widgets_init', 'mts_widgets_init' );
    
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    /*  Enable Widgetized Footer
    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
        register_sidebar(array(
             'name'=>'Footer',
            'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
            'after_widget' => '</div>',
            'before_title' => '<h3>',
            'after_title' => '</h3>',
        ));

    However I’d like to add another to the header. I have read a number of blogs on adding new widget areas though the methods suggested either don’t work or break the theme. Any help would be much appreciated… thanks!

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