Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme! Your changes will be over-written the next time you upgrade WordPress or the theme. For this reason, it is recommended that you consider creating a child theme for your customisations.
I have already made some minor modifications to the twenty ten theme :/ I will follow your advice and start again thanks for letting me know this! As for my earlier qiestion, any idea?
You’d need to create a new sidebar template file and call it in header.php. The sidebar could have different default content and/or widget ready areas based on conditionals. Then reduce the width of the main content area in your stylesheet to allow room for the new sidebar.
If the pages are stored hierarchically (such as example.com/in-action/photos/) then you could try using the Flexi Pages Widget.
Thanks, thats been really helpful.. i will try both your suggestions tomorrow! Quick question, if you are creating a child theme, is it possible to just copy all the files from twentyten into a new directory (twentytenchild) and change the info in the styleseet heading or do you NEED to use the @import function?
basically this si what it is saying.. is this ok…
The template files are located in /themes/twentyten. The stylesheet files are located in /themes/twentytenchild. Twenty Ten Child uses templates from Twenty Ten. Changes made to the templates will affect both themes.
is this ok
No. Have a look at the child theme link I gave above. You only put a style.css file and any amended files in the child theme.
@kgagne i tried that widget but it didnt work the way i wanted it too. I found a great one called sub menu navigation widget, very basic but does the job! thanks for your help
Glad you found something that worked! The one I use has a similar function but may require a bit more configuration than the one you’re using, which may be more intuitive.
