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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!Ahh, I think I still have to insert my codes for customized sidebars, the plugins will see them and assign them to the page.
And “Main Sidebar” is not the name of an existing sidebar, it is a sidebar that I want to become the main sidebar. But what is the “Showcase Sidebar”?
I’ll try that, I’ve tried everything else- This reply was modified 5 years ago by achaninusa.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!Nope, none of the plugins work as advertised.
For example https://www.blogsuccessjournal.com/how-to-create-sidebars-in-wordpress/
says install, hover over Appearance->Widget and click on “Create a New Sidebar”. No such thing on the screen.Just got to find a plugin that works and come with instructions.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!WP cannot find the sidebar plugin, trying several others..
I have spent over 2 weeks just on WP sidebarsForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!Have you tried Simple Page Sidebars?
I don’t see why I cannot leave the new sidebar I have created in there even if I use a plugin.
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!@sterndata
Okay, I’ll restore the original codes for functions.php and sidebar.php
I haven’t had much success using plugins.
Also, I do not want sidebars on most pages and not on post, just on 2 pages, each with its own customized side bar- This reply was modified 5 years ago by achaninusa.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Help with PHP codes for sidebar – not loading widgets!I came across this while clicking thru the WP site, does it mean I should modify the sidebar-page.php instead instead of sidebar.php
Incidentally, I haven’t found the toggle for static page yet.
How to insert an image here, it would add to clarity?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to disable block editor?Thank-you 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to disable block editor?Do you mean the “Classic Editor Addon”?
It replaced “Classic Editor” b/c it didn’t work as advertized.After installing and activating Calssic Editor Addon, I report that my HTML-tags are now highlight red, simple tags like <br>
- <li?\> etc are apparently not allowed.
I want the old text editor where I can type in the html tags and php codes along with the textual content. I really, really do not want anything to do with the block and dodads and dothingies and new experience etc.
What is <!– wp:paragraph –> telling me?
I do not want a wp-paragrpah. I want the old editor.- This reply was modified 5 years ago by achaninusa.
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to disable block editor?Thanks.
I am trying to avoid plugins b/c of bad experience, costing evntly >$80 for Godaddy to fix… 🙁Forum: Developing with WordPress
In reply to: Widgets not showing in custom sidebar I createdAlso, I used WordPress UI to insert the widgets.
I made the assumption that the widgets I pulled would be inserted into the WordPress database and the function is_active_side(‘homepage_side’) would retrieve the widgets from the database using some WP generated unique id.
Is my assumption wrong?
This <div> tells me that is_active_sidebar(‘homepage_sidebar’) returns boolean true:
<?php echo('homepage_side is active if you see this line.'); ?>I am not a PHP programmer and this is the 1st time I use WordPress in earnest, so I do not know the WP functions very well. My apology.
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Forum: Developing with WordPress
In reply to: Widgets not showing in custom sidebar I createdThere seem to be several ways to check whether I am on the Home page, all return boolean values:
is_front_page()
is_home()
$_SERVER[“REQUEST_URI” == ‘/’]
I rather use the check on my URI. This is my mod to the code. Would this work?<?php if ( ($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI" == '/']) && is_active_sidebar('homepage_sidebar') ) : ?>- This reply was modified 5 years ago by achaninusa.
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Is Godaddy WordPress different from your WordPress?Thank-you all, I think I am getting the hang of this.
I can insert codes to create new sidebars, each with a different id, in
function.php
sidebar.phpNice not to have to rely on plugins all the time, apparently some of which screwed up my update due to conflict. I think I’ll experiment with the WordPress theme codes, see what people like best 🙂 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to left align content on 20-11 theme?Thank-you all, I think I am getting the hang of this.
I can insert codes to create new sidebars, each with a different id, in
function.php
sidebar.phpNice not to have to rely on plugins all the time, apparently some of which screwed up my update due to conflict. I think I’ll experiment with the WordPress theme codes, see what people like best 🙂 🙂 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Is Godaddy WordPress different from your WordPress?Thanks, will do.
I am so puzzled.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Is Godaddy WordPress different from your WordPress?Hi, thx for answering.
I am using Easy Custom Sidebars, seem to be popular with WordPress developers.
But my Godaddy WordPress is not showing any of the functionalities as explained in the plugin e.g. there’s not function to set Page Attribute to Sidebar Template.
I am using 20-11 theme and have renamed the Example page to Home page and set it to static.