how to edit sidebar info (like text)
-
i inherited a wordpress site. i know almost nothing about wordpress, and i am trying to learn, but i have been asked/tasked with updating some information on the site, particularly, the phone number taht is listed in the sidebar. picture for reference here
i have wordpress 3.9.3 – if that makes a difference.
-
<?php /** * The sidebar containing the secondary widget area * * Displays on posts and pages. * * If no active widgets are in this sidebar, hide it completely. * * @package WordPress * @subpackage Twenty_Thirteen * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 */ if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-2' ) ) : ?> <div id="tertiary" class="sidebar-container" role="complementary"> <div class="sidebar-inner"> <div class="widget-area"> <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-2' ); ?> </div><!-- .widget-area --> </div><!-- .sidebar-inner --> </div><!-- #tertiary --> <?php endif; ?>i do appreciate the help.
So this takes us back to the Widgets. Can you show a screen shot of your Widgets panel?
Do you have other files with sidebar in it such as sidebar-2.php?
just sidebar-main.php
i don’t have a widgets panel…
Ok looking like standard 2013 Theme code. Should be a Secondary Widget Area in the Widgets panel unless the developer hid them on purpose.
Under Appearance>Widgets menu … you don’t see that in your Dashboard? What user rights do you have?
so what are my options? this is not the only time ill have to edit this im sure.
here is a screenshot of what i see in the wp-admin
this is what i see: here
i am an administrator per the users page.
no widgets: link
Ok well we need to see the functions.php file and find where they hid it.
Hey try clicking on Appearance>Customize and see if you can see your Widgets there.
<?php /** * Twenty Thirteen functions and definitions * * Sets up the theme and provides some helper functions, which are used in the * theme as custom template tags. Others are attached to action and filter * hooks in WordPress to change core functionality. * * When using a child theme (see http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development * and http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes), you can override certain * functions (those wrapped in a function_exists() call) by defining them first * in your child theme's functions.php file. The child theme's functions.php * file is included before the parent theme's file, so the child theme * functions would be used. * * Functions that are not pluggable (not wrapped in function_exists()) are * instead attached to a filter or action hook. * * For more information on hooks, actions, and filters, @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API * * @package WordPress * @subpackage Twenty_Thirteen * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 */ /* * Set up the content width value based on the theme's design. * * @see twentythirteen_content_width() for template-specific adjustments. */ if ( ! isset( $content_width ) ) $content_width = 604; /** * Add support for a custom header image. */ require get_template_directory() . '/inc/custom-header.php'; /** * Twenty Thirteen only works in WordPress 3.6 or later. */ if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '3.6-alpha', '<' ) ) require get_template_directory() . '/inc/back-compat.php'; /** * Twenty Thirteen setup. * * Sets up theme defaults and registers the various WordPress features that * Twenty Thirteen supports. * * @uses load_theme_textdomain() For translation/localization support. * @uses add_editor_style() To add Visual Editor stylesheets. * @uses add_theme_support() To add support for automatic feed links, post * formats, and post thumbnails. * @uses register_nav_menu() To add support for a navigation menu. * @uses set_post_thumbnail_size() To set a custom post thumbnail size. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_setup() { /* * Makes Twenty Thirteen available for translation. * * Translations can be added to the /languages/ directory. * If you're building a theme based on Twenty Thirteen, use a find and * replace to change 'twentythirteen' to the name of your theme in all * template files. */ load_theme_textdomain( 'twentythirteen', get_template_directory() . '/languages' ); /* * This theme styles the visual editor to resemble the theme style, * specifically font, colors, icons, and column width. */ add_editor_style( array( 'css/editor-style.css', 'fonts/genericons.css', twentythirteen_fonts_url() ) ); // Adds RSS feed links to <head> for posts and comments. add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' ); /* * Switches default core markup for search form, comment form, * and comments to output valid HTML5. */ add_theme_support( 'html5', array( 'search-form', 'comment-form', 'comment-list' ) ); /* * This theme supports all available post formats by default. * See http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats */ add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'audio', 'chat', 'gallery', 'image', 'link', 'quote', 'status', 'video' ) ); // This theme uses wp_nav_menu() in one location. register_nav_menu( 'primary', __( 'Navigation Menu', 'twentythirteen' ) ); /* * This theme uses a custom image size for featured images, displayed on * "standard" posts and pages. */ add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' ); set_post_thumbnail_size( 604, 270, true ); // This theme uses its own gallery styles. add_filter( 'use_default_gallery_style', '__return_false' ); } add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'twentythirteen_setup' ); /** * Return the Google font stylesheet URL, if available. * * The use of Source Sans Pro and Bitter by default is localized. For languages * that use characters not supported by the font, the font can be disabled. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return string Font stylesheet or empty string if disabled. */ function twentythirteen_fonts_url() { $fonts_url = ''; /* Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not * supported by Source Sans Pro, translate this to 'off'. Do not translate * into your own language. */ $source_sans_pro = _x( 'on', 'Source Sans Pro font: on or off', 'twentythirteen' ); /* Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not * supported by Bitter, translate this to 'off'. Do not translate into your * own language. */ $bitter = _x( 'on', 'Bitter font: on or off', 'twentythirteen' ); if ( 'off' !== $source_sans_pro || 'off' !== $bitter ) { $font_families = array(); if ( 'off' !== $source_sans_pro ) $font_families[] = 'Source Sans Pro:300,400,700,300italic,400italic,700italic'; if ( 'off' !== $bitter ) $font_families[] = 'Bitter:400,700'; $query_args = array( 'family' => urlencode( implode( '|', $font_families ) ), 'subset' => urlencode( 'latin,latin-ext' ), ); $fonts_url = add_query_arg( $query_args, "//fonts.googleapis.com/css" ); } return $fonts_url; } /** * Enqueue scripts and styles for the front end. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_scripts_styles() { /* * Adds JavaScript to pages with the comment form to support * sites with threaded comments (when in use). */ if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); // Adds Masonry to handle vertical alignment of footer widgets. if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-masonry' ); // Loads JavaScript file with functionality specific to Twenty Thirteen. wp_enqueue_script( 'twentythirteen-script', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/functions.js', array( 'jquery' ), '2013-07-18', true ); // Add Source Sans Pro and Bitter fonts, used in the main stylesheet. wp_enqueue_style( 'twentythirteen-fonts', twentythirteen_fonts_url(), array(), null ); // Add Genericons font, used in the main stylesheet. wp_enqueue_style( 'genericons', get_template_directory_uri() . '/fonts/genericons.css', array(), '2.09' ); // Loads our main stylesheet. wp_enqueue_style( 'twentythirteen-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), array(), '2013-07-18' ); // Loads the Internet Explorer specific stylesheet. wp_enqueue_style( 'twentythirteen-ie', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/ie.css', array( 'twentythirteen-style' ), '2013-07-18' ); wp_style_add_data( 'twentythirteen-ie', 'conditional', 'lt IE 9' ); } add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'twentythirteen_scripts_styles' ); /** * Filter the page title. * * Creates a nicely formatted and more specific title element text for output * in head of document, based on current view. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @param string $title Default title text for current view. * @param string $sep Optional separator. * @return string The filtered title. */ function twentythirteen_wp_title( $title, $sep ) { global $paged, $page; if ( is_feed() ) return $title; // Add the site name. $title .= get_bloginfo( 'name' ); // Add the site description for the home/front page. $site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' ); if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ) $title = "$title $sep $site_description"; // Add a page number if necessary. if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 ) $title = "$title $sep " . sprintf( __( 'Page %s', 'twentythirteen' ), max( $paged, $page ) ); return $title; } add_filter( 'wp_title', 'twentythirteen_wp_title', 10, 2 ); /** * Register two widget areas. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_widgets_init() { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Main Widget Area', 'twentythirteen' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-1', 'description' => __( 'Appears in the footer section of the site.', 'twentythirteen' ), 'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 'after_widget' => '</aside>', 'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">', 'after_title' => '</h3>', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Secondary Widget Area', 'twentythirteen' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-2', 'description' => __( 'Appears on posts and pages in the sidebar.', 'twentythirteen' ), 'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 'after_widget' => '</aside>', 'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">', 'after_title' => '</h3>', ) ); } add_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentythirteen_widgets_init' ); if ( ! function_exists( 'twentythirteen_paging_nav' ) ) : /** * Display navigation to next/previous set of posts when applicable. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_paging_nav() { global $wp_query; // Don't print empty markup if there's only one page. if ( $wp_query->max_num_pages < 2 ) return; ?> <nav class="navigation paging-navigation" role="navigation"> <h1 class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Posts navigation', 'twentythirteen' ); ?></h1> <div class="nav-links"> <?php if ( get_next_posts_link() ) : ?> <div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ( get_previous_posts_link() ) : ?> <div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div><!-- .nav-links --> </nav><!-- .navigation --> <?php } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'twentythirteen_post_nav' ) ) : /** * Display navigation to next/previous post when applicable. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_post_nav() { global $post; // Don't print empty markup if there's nowhere to navigate. $previous = ( is_attachment() ) ? get_post( $post->post_parent ) : get_adjacent_post( false, '', true ); $next = get_adjacent_post( false, '', false ); if ( ! $next && ! $previous ) return; ?> <nav class="navigation post-navigation" role="navigation"> <h1 class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Post navigation', 'twentythirteen' ); ?></h1> <div class="nav-links"> <?php previous_post_link( '%link', _x( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> %title', 'Previous post link', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?> <?php next_post_link( '%link', _x( '%title <span class="meta-nav">→</span>', 'Next post link', 'twentythirteen' ) ); ?> </div><!-- .nav-links --> </nav><!-- .navigation --> <?php } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'twentythirteen_entry_meta' ) ) : /** * Print HTML with meta information for current post: categories, tags, permalink, author, and date. * * Create your own twentythirteen_entry_meta() to override in a child theme. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_entry_meta() { if ( is_sticky() && is_home() && ! is_paged() ) echo '<span class="featured-post">' . __( 'Sticky', 'twentythirteen' ) . '</span>'; if ( ! has_post_format( 'link' ) && 'post' == get_post_type() ) twentythirteen_entry_date(); // Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma. $categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) ); if ( $categories_list ) { echo '<span class="categories-links">' . $categories_list . '</span>'; } // Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma. $tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentythirteen' ) ); if ( $tag_list ) { echo '<span class="tags-links">' . $tag_list . '</span>'; } // Post author if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) { printf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>', esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ), esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentythirteen' ), get_the_author() ) ), get_the_author() ); } } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'twentythirteen_entry_date' ) ) : /** * Print HTML with date information for current post. * * Create your own twentythirteen_entry_date() to override in a child theme. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @param boolean $echo (optional) Whether to echo the date. Default true. * @return string The HTML-formatted post date. */ function twentythirteen_entry_date( $echo = true ) { if ( has_post_format( array( 'chat', 'status' ) ) ) $format_prefix = _x( '%1$s on %2$s', '1: post format name. 2: date', 'twentythirteen' ); else $format_prefix = '%2$s'; $date = sprintf( '<span class="date"><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a></span>', esc_url( get_permalink() ), esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentythirteen' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ), esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ), esc_html( sprintf( $format_prefix, get_post_format_string( get_post_format() ), get_the_date() ) ) ); if ( $echo ) echo $date; return $date; } endif; if ( ! function_exists( 'twentythirteen_the_attached_image' ) ) : /** * Print the attached image with a link to the next attached image. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_the_attached_image() { /** * Filter the image attachment size to use. * * @since Twenty thirteen 1.0 * * @param array $size { * @type int The attachment height in pixels. * @type int The attachment width in pixels. * } */ $attachment_size = apply_filters( 'twentythirteen_attachment_size', array( 724, 724 ) ); $next_attachment_url = wp_get_attachment_url(); $post = get_post(); /* * Grab the IDs of all the image attachments in a gallery so we can get the URL * of the next adjacent image in a gallery, or the first image (if we're * looking at the last image in a gallery), or, in a gallery of one, just the * link to that image file. */ $attachment_ids = get_posts( array( 'post_parent' => $post->post_parent, 'fields' => 'ids', 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'menu_order ID' ) ); // If there is more than 1 attachment in a gallery... if ( count( $attachment_ids ) > 1 ) { foreach ( $attachment_ids as $attachment_id ) { if ( $attachment_id == $post->ID ) { $next_id = current( $attachment_ids ); break; } } // get the URL of the next image attachment... if ( $next_id ) $next_attachment_url = get_attachment_link( $next_id ); // or get the URL of the first image attachment. else $next_attachment_url = get_attachment_link( array_shift( $attachment_ids ) ); } printf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="attachment">%3$s</a>', esc_url( $next_attachment_url ), the_title_attribute( array( 'echo' => false ) ), wp_get_attachment_image( $post->ID, $attachment_size ) ); } endif; /** * Return the post URL. * * @uses get_url_in_content() to get the URL in the post meta (if it exists) or * the first link found in the post content. * * Falls back to the post permalink if no URL is found in the post. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return string The Link format URL. */ function twentythirteen_get_link_url() { $content = get_the_content(); $has_url = get_url_in_content( $content ); return ( $has_url ) ? $has_url : apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink() ); } /** * Extend the default WordPress body classes. * * Adds body classes to denote: * 1. Single or multiple authors. * 2. Active widgets in the sidebar to change the layout and spacing. * 3. When avatars are disabled in discussion settings. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @param array $classes A list of existing body class values. * @return array The filtered body class list. */ function twentythirteen_body_class( $classes ) { if ( ! is_multi_author() ) $classes[] = 'single-author'; if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-2' ) && ! is_attachment() && ! is_404() ) $classes[] = 'sidebar'; if ( ! get_option( 'show_avatars' ) ) $classes[] = 'no-avatars'; return $classes; } add_filter( 'body_class', 'twentythirteen_body_class' ); /** * Adjust content_width value for video post formats and attachment templates. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_content_width() { global $content_width; if ( is_attachment() ) $content_width = 724; elseif ( has_post_format( 'audio' ) ) $content_width = 484; } add_action( 'template_redirect', 'twentythirteen_content_width' ); /** * Add postMessage support for site title and description for the Customizer. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @param WP_Customize_Manager $wp_customize Customizer object. * @return void */ function twentythirteen_customize_register( $wp_customize ) { $wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogname' )->transport = 'postMessage'; $wp_customize->get_setting( 'blogdescription' )->transport = 'postMessage'; $wp_customize->get_setting( 'header_textcolor' )->transport = 'postMessage'; } add_action( 'customize_register', 'twentythirteen_customize_register' ); /** * Enqueue Javascript postMessage handlers for the Customizer. * * Binds JavaScript handlers to make the Customizer preview * reload changes asynchronously. * * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0 * * @return void */ function twentythirteen_customize_preview_js() { wp_enqueue_script( 'twentythirteen-customizer', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/theme-customizer.js', array( 'customize-preview' ), '20130226', true ); } add_action( 'customize_preview_init', 'twentythirteen_customize_preview_js' );Nope not hiding it through a function “remove_menu_page”. Did you try to edit it through the Customize link?
Try deactivating all plugins and see if the menu appears.
the posted sidebar.php code does not match what is shown in your site.
when looking into the ‘dashboard – appearance – editor’ make sure to have your currently used theme selected.
or try working with FTP to edit your files.
if you are not comfortable with editing files in WordPress, you might need to contact the original developer of your theme or consider to hire somebody for example via http://jobs.wordpress.net/
The OP’s a Network Engineer I’m sure editing a file is not a problem! The issue is that the Widgets area is missing from the dashboard. I’m happy to look at the site myself but think we are close to solving this.
im happy to edit any php file. im comfortable making changes to any file – i just need help finding out where the file is at so i can change it.
- The topic ‘how to edit sidebar info (like text)’ is closed to new replies.