Title: Sidebar for adding widgets
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Sidebar for adding widgets

 *  [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * (@11boks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/)
 * I really like the theme and enjoy using it. The one thing that I am having a 
   hard time figuring out is how to add a sidebar. Seems like the sidebar will not
   show. I would like a side bar to add different widgets. What can I do? I have
   have not modified any files.

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 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934357)
 * This theme is one column. It’s by design. The point of one column web page is
   that it makes everybody focus on the content.
 *  Thread Starter [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * (@11boks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934369)
 * would it be possible to modify a file to accommodate for side bar?
 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934373)
 * Yes, it’s possible. But it’s not that simple. It involves template editing (putting
   in the call to sidebar), and register the sidebar in `functions.php` and make
   the adjustments in `style.css`.
 * If would be a lot easier to pick 2 columns theme and adjust the design to look
   like this theme.
 *  Thread Starter [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * (@11boks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934408)
 * Ive done some modifying of code. i see by modifying the sidebar.php file i can
   get the sidebar to show at the bottom of the page as a footer. Now Im going to
   see if i can figure out how to move that to the side… any suggestions?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934412)
 * Do not edit the theme itself. First [create a child theme for your changes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 *  Thread Starter [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * (@11boks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934414)
 * dont worry i did, im messing around on the child theme to figure out how to move
   the footer to sidebar…
 * thanks for the concern!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934415)
 * Try using Firefox with the [Firebug add-on](http://getfirebug.com/) for this 
   kind of CSS troubleshooting. Or use whatever developer tool is available in your
   web browser.
 *  Thread Starter [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * (@11boks)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934484)
 * if i do decide to stay with the theme how would i convert it into a two column?

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 * Last reply from: [11boks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11boks/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-for-adding-widgets/#post-3934484)
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