Title: Quick Sidebar Problem Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Quick Sidebar Problem * Resolved [endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * (@endalldisease) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/) * Hey I’ve got a quick problem I need to fix. It’s the final tweak I must make before the website is good to go. * My website: [http://www.dinkelpowerskating.com](http://www.dinkelpowerskating.com) My goal is to remove the blank menu rectangle from Sidebar1 (on the left). Originally it said ‘advertisement’, and I went into sidebar.php and I erased was one small line with the word “Advertisement” in it, and it obviously didn’t do the job.“ Advertisement” is gone, but the block behind it is still there. * The ‘Contact’ form, although in Sidebar #2 in the back end is now on Sidebar # 1 on the front end. In the end I need ‘Classes’ on Sidebar1 (left) and ‘Contact’ on Sidebar2 (right). * Your help would be enormously appreciated! I’ll write to you the contents of sidebar 1: * _[[code moderated – please use the pastebin](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)]_ Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/) * (@kostas123) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559220) * Open your theme’s CSS file (wp-content/themes/HockeyTheme/style.css) and edit line 1399 * > .contentLayout .content > { position: relative; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: > 0; float: left; overflow: hidden; **width: 481px;** } * Configure the width: attribute accordingly (for example 614px) . You have to play a little bit with the value . * [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/) * (@kostas123) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559222) * I would also configure the padding and margin values of the aforementioned CSS code-block . * Thread Starter [endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * (@endalldisease) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559440) * Hey thanks for the reply Kostas. * I found that exact part of the theme style sheet no doubt, and manipulating those numbers doesn’t change a thing on the front end. * I even went all the way down to 100px, and up as far as 1481px just to experiment and see what would happen but nothing changed. * Any advice? * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559443) * there are a few validation errors which need getting fixed: * [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dinkelpowerskating.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dinkelpowerskating.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_a_Website](http://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_a_Website) * can you re-upload a copy or backup of sidebar.php? * [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/) * (@kostas123) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559448) * [@endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * > ….. manipulating those numbers doesn’t change a thing on the front end * It works fine to me (with Chrome’s development tool — CTL+SHIFT+i— ) . Have you made changes to the proper file , stored these changes and reloaded your browser (F5) ? . As **alchymyth** suggests validating your side is a must final step . * Thread Starter [endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * (@endalldisease) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559451) * About Validation: I had no idea about this concept. What’s the best way to correct all the errors in the validation list?? One by one, is that the only way? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559452) * See [Validating_a_Website](http://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_a_Website). * Thread Starter [endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * (@endalldisease) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559453) * Oh my god this is really frustrating… I am trying to fix these problems one by one and it’s not working to solve them. When I revalidate to check if it worked it still pops up. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Quick Sidebar Problem’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [endalldisease](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endalldisease/) * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-sidebar-problem/#post-2559453) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics