Title: Basic theme setup
Last modified: December 15, 2022

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# Basic theme setup

 *  Resolved [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * (@mstudioil)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/)
 * Not sure I understand what to do, my theme is using `wp_body_open()`

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 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/#post-16292090)
 * Hi [@mstudioil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * Did you check the theme setup page?
    [https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/off-canvas-sidebars/wiki/Theme-setup](https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/off-canvas-sidebars/wiki/Theme-setup)
 * Cheers, Jory
 *  Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * (@mstudioil)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/#post-16292183)
 * Hey [@keraweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
    Thanks for the 
   fast answer, I read it, this is way I asked for support. I didn’t understand 
   what I need to do. I want to have button on the left on the screen that will 
   open sidebar that will slide from the left to right and when it closed it slide
   from right to left. Can I do something like this?
 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/#post-16292226)
 * Hi [@mstudioil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/)
 * Yes you can, however, it does require some basic knowledge of WordPress hooks
   and shortcodes.
 * 1. Setup your theme to be compatible. The plugin includes a validator in the 
   settings page that will check if the correct hooks are fired.
    2. Create an off-
   canvas sidebar to your preference. 3. Create a widget or trigger (shortcode) 
   and place it on the location you prefer.
 * Due to the diversity in themes and site structures it requires some initial steps
   to make sure the theme is compatible with this plugin.
    Also, if you use sticky/
   fixed elements you’ll need to tweak the plugin settings and use Legacy CSS (also
   in the settings page).
 * Cheers, Jory
 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/#post-16587170)
 * Closing topic due to inactivity.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-setup/#post-16587170)
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