I am not sure I understand the question.
In the functions.php of the theme you should use the names of your sidebars – to make it easy to recognize them in the widgets page.
In a theme I made I had
leftbar.php
sidebar.php (this goes to the right side by default in my design); and then at a certain point I had to divide the [right] sidebar in two, so I created
rightleft.php
rightright.php
In the functions.php I used these names to make sure the blogger will know which sidebar portion is edited when dragging the widgets:
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'leftbar',
...
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'rightsidebar',
...
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'rightleft',
...
register_sidebar(array('name'=>'rightright',
etc.
(but maybe I misunderstood your question)
no, that’s very helpful. thank you.
in the meantime, i’ve gained some understanding of where in a sidebar’s php code (at least in the code of the theme i’m adapting) the corresponding number of the sidebar can be found or should be placed. in other words, which sidebar in the presentation>widgets panel any given sidebar.php refers to. the first lines of code on my sidebar.php files read (for example):
<div id=”sidebar3″>
<?php if ( function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(3) ) : else : ?>
It’s the “3” within the parenthesis that dictates which of the sidebars currently generated by my theme’s functions .php file is referred to.
[[[[The code I’m talking about in my functions.php file is:
if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebars’) )
register_sidebars(10, array(
‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ‘</div>’,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h2>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h2>
));
]]]]
I don’t know if I’m being clear enough to help anyone whom might have a similar problem. I can try again if need be.
again, moshu, thank you very much.
