Creating A Sidebar

  • patsrealdealvlog

    (@patsrealdealvlog)


    19 years, 1 month ago

    I have my blog hosted by BlogSavy.com but I like (Make that NEED) to add a sidebar (If not two) to it so I can add the Webrings that its two predecesors are still associated with. My question is HOW do I do that with WP templates?

    Any help you can provide with this would be helpful. 😀

    Cheers 😀

    Pat Cook
    Pat’s Real Deal Video Blog – http://patsrealdealvlog.blogsavy.com/
    patsvideoblog@gmail.com (USE THIS EMAIL TO RESPOND PRIVATELY)
    Denver, Colorado

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  • Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    The easiest way would be to copy the sidebar.php in your current theme and mod it for your needs. Then name it l_sidebar.php or some such, and use the php call for the sidebar – <?php get_l_sidebar(); ?> instead of or with the original call – <?php get_sidebar(); ?>.
    Don’t forget to put the new reference in the stylesheet. For the exact same look you can just use the present sidebar definition below changing the reference to l_sidebar or whatever you call it.

    rudolf45

    (@rudolf45)

    19 years, 1 month ago

    With all due respect, samboll, I don’t think that get_1_sidebar would work. There is no such function defined in the WP engine.
    However, you can include any file from the theme’s directory using a simple code like:
    <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/anothersidebar.php'); ?>
    Also, keep in mind: if you are adding additonal sidebar or sidebars you’ll need to alter the original width of your blog and maybe to make other changes in your css file and/or html code.

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