Title: Sidebar vanished
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Sidebar vanished

 *  [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/)
 * Okay, I’ve been working on a website for a client, and She just asked me to have
   two separate sidebars, one for her blog and another for the rest of her site.
   So I went and created the second sidebar and updated the functions accordingly.
   The good news is that both sidebars show up on my widgets page, but the bad news
   is that neither sidebar appears on any of the web pages. there’s just a blank
   space where my sidebar is supposed to be.
 * here is the code for my functions:
 *     ```
       <?php
       if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'Main Sidebar',
       'id' => 'main_only',
       'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
       'after_widget' => '</li>',
       'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
       'after_title' => '</h2>', ));
   
       if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'Blog Sidebar',
       'id' => 'blog_only',
       'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
       'after_widget' => '</li>',
       'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
       'after_title' => '</h2>', ));
       ?>
       ```
   
 * furthermore, here is the code for one of my sidebars.
 *     ```
       <div id= "sidebar">
       &nbsp<br>
       <?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(‘blog_only’) ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       &nbsp<br>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * the actual site can be found at [http://quanwilliams.com/freelance](http://quanwilliams.com/freelance)
 * the only code I have on the page templates regarding the sidebar is this:
 * `<?php get_sidebar('sidebar-blog.php'); ?>`
 * So what am I doing wrong? I’m kinda on a deadline so I really need to know the
   solution ASAP. Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911569)
 * 1. Try looking at the bottom of your pages.
    2. Have you created the appropriate
   sidebar-xx.php template files?
 *  Thread Starter [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911573)
 * yeah. I have both ‘sidebar’ and ‘sidebar-blog’ ready to go. Here is the code 
   for ‘sidebar-blog’.
 *     ```
       <div id= "sidebar">
   
       &nbsp<br>
   
       <?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(‘blog_only’) ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?> 
   
       &nbsp<br>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * at the bottom of my pages all I have is this:
 *     ```
       <?php get_sidebar('sidebar-blog.php'); ?>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       </div>
       </div>
       ```
   
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911575)
 * Have you looked at the bottom of your generated pages on the site?
 *  Thread Starter [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911576)
 * in the code, or on the actual site?
 * …
 * I’m missing something, aren’t I?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911580)
 * On the site. Your (empty?) sidebar is being displayed at the very bottom of your
   pages.
 *  Thread Starter [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911583)
 * On my browsers it’s not showing up at all. the white text on brown at the bottom
   is the footer.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911584)
 * Try using Firefox with the [Firebug add-on](http://getfirebug.com/). Or use whatever
   developer tool is available in your web browser.
 *  Thread Starter [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911585)
 * Ah, you think the problem is with my CSS. I’ll look into it.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911586)
 * Given that you’re using table mark-up for layout purposes (which is a big “no-
   no” in web design generally), it’s difficult to determine whether this is a pure
   CSS issue or whether you also have some problems with your mark-up.
 *  Thread Starter [quannage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quannage/)
 * (@quannage)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911589)
 * Yeah, about that….
    The table was honestly the only way I could get the nav menu
   to look the way I wanted it to. It was literally my last resort, because nothing
   else worked. but I guess that’s something I can cover with another topic…

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## Tags

 * [functions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/functions/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)
 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-vanished-1/#post-3911589)
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