Title: Problem customizing a template!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problem customizing a template!

 *  [resg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/resg/)
 * (@resg)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-customizing-a-template/)
 * I’m trying to transform a blogger template into a wordpress template. So far,
   I’ve been succesful with the top and main part (where the posts go). But something’s
   wrong with the sidebar, the first links are ok, the others appear only on the
   bottom of the page. Also the footer is weird, and there is a horizontal scroll
   bar that shouldn’t be there.
    I found it easier to work with only one php file,
   because separating it into header, footer, sidebar etc sounded too complicated
   to me. But now I’m stuck. The layout I’m working on is [here](http://darkflame.org/teste).
   It should look like [this one](http://darkflame.org/blog). Can anyone help me
   with this? Thanks!

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 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-customizing-a-template/#post-172164)
 * The purpose of having seperate files is to add flexibility and not restrict it.
   Although it’s easier to work with one file, having seperate files allows you 
   to individualise each part accordingly.
 * Just our of curiosity is this a public domain template that anyone can convert,
   or do you need to contact the author before converting it into a WP template?
 * Is that footer in the sidebar supposed to stretch across both content area and
   sidebar, or is it meant to be just in the content area?
 *  [stevensj2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevensj2/)
 * (@stevensj2)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-customizing-a-template/#post-172167)
 * On your ‘test’, you are missing the very first div “wrap” that is present in 
   your blog.
 * The footer also seems to be part of the sidebar, rather than the “wrap”.
 * Perhaps you’re not closing your sidebar div before beginning your footer div?
 * I imagine the second problem is what’s causing the horizontal scroll. Fix that,
   and it should go away.
 *  Thread Starter [resg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/resg/)
 * (@resg)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-customizing-a-template/#post-172186)
 * Thanks for your help!
    I figured out the problem… seemed to be a wrong html tag
   inside the sidebar code. Now everything’s working just fine – except that I can’t
   add special characters like ã é etc directly through the source code… is that
   normal? And I’m working with pop-up comments. How can I customize them?? Thanks!
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-customizing-a-template/#post-172193)
 * re: characters. If your editor doesn’t support utf-8… then it’s normal 🙂

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