Title: Sidebar
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Sidebar

 *  [arethirty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arethirty/)
 * (@arethirty)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/)
 * I’m a huge fan of Tracks and I will continue to use this theme for the foreseeable
   future.
    I’m wondering if it’s possible to insert widgets on a sidebar instead
   of only under the content or on the footer. This is the only thing Tracks lacks
   in my opinion.

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 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286470)
 * Hey I’m glad you like it!
 * We’ve considered this deeply, and decided not to incorporate a sidebar into Tracks
   in favor of using other widget areas throughout the design. We may however be
   adding more widget areas such as before/between the posts.
 *  [ashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashe/)
 * (@ashe)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286589)
 * Is there a way to manually do this? I’ve been using Tracks for two years inside
   an iFrame, and would love to stick with the theme…but I’m trying to ditch the
   iFrame altogether and opt for an image map in a sidebar.
 * Surely there has to be a way to override this.
 *  Thread Starter [arethirty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arethirty/)
 * (@arethirty)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286590)
 * Agreed ^
 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286591)
 * Yes it can certainly be done manually with code. The general idea is that you
   will [register a widget area](http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes#How_to_Register_a_Widget_Area)
   for the sidebar, and then [include that widget area](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_sidebar/)
   after the main content area (in footer.php). You can then use CSS to float the
   main content to the right/left and display the sidebar next to it.
 *  [ashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashe/)
 * (@ashe)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286593)
 * Awesome! I’m going to try just that.
 * Thank you for the tip!
 *  Theme Author [Ben Sibley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bensibley/)
 * (@bensibley)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-142/#post-7286595)
 * Yea no problem!

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