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Auto-Creation of sidebar area when new taxonomy term is created
I have a few different custom taxonomies and was wandering if it was possible to automatically create a new sidebar widget area whenever a new term within the custom taxonomies gets generated, and ...
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.textwidget div has ridiculous width for some reason [closed]
I have custom made sidebars, and tried testing them, however main sidebar (on the right) doesn't look like it should do, I assume this is because .textwidget div generated by wordpres has width of ...
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Where/how does optimizepress declare the sidebars? [closed]
I am trying to produce a customised front page for a site using the Optimizepress theme. I want to add some widgetised areas to a page to be used as the home page. I picked one of their templates so ...
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How to increase maximum number of sidebars support?
How can i use more than 20 sidebars in wordpress. I'm working on a big information portal, and I need big amaunt of sidebars (about 40, I guess).
So I have 20 sidebars now and when I add one more it ...
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Add #sidebar-2 to a custom page template
I registered a few custom sidebars, and the corresponding code in my version of TwentyTwelve theme now looks like this:
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Sidebar #1', 'twentytwelve' ...
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Hooking Into Widget Output Loop
When wordpress sidebar outputs any particular registered sidebar it loop through all widgets that assigned through it and outputs it (i guess). Is is possible to hook into the loop and add some ...
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Custom sidebar not showing in the dashboard
I am trying to create a new sidebar. For that I have used the following code:
In functions.php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar();
if ( function_exists ...
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Copy Widget Settings because of changed IDs
I want to update a customers blog to a child theme that is based on a newer version of the actual deployed theme. My problem is, the developers of the theme changed the IDs of sidebars. In the old ...
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Registering Sidebars and Sidebar Widgets. Sidebar Widgets Not Displaying
I am registering sidebars and sidebar widgets.
The theme currently supports two sidebars. Primary and Secondary.
add_action('widgets_init', array($this, 'add_sidebars'), 10, 2);
public function ...
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How to troubleshoot Sidebar not being generated
I'm building a custom theme. My sidebar is not being generated at all.
In functions.php, I have:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => ...
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Showing sidebar-2 on custom template page
Environment: WP 3.5, Twenty Twelve child theme. I created a custom template.
Now, I'd like to display the built-in sidebar-2 in this custom template page (instead of the default sidebar-1).
sidebar-2 ...
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Custom page sidebar using Template dropdown box
i am wondering how i go about making a Template for some of my pages to use a different sidebar? I have created the widget like this:
register_sidebar(array(
'id' => 'ourPat-sidebar',
...
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duplicate sidebar
I have a problem with a sidebar. I have 4 sidebars: "Essential", "Essential+", "Premier" and "Premier+".
register_sidebar(
array(
'name' => __('Essential Plan'),
...
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finding sidebar content in wordpress
Hey all i have been trying to find the content that loads up for a page for a few days now and can not seem to find where its located.
This is the WP code that seems to populate the content:
if ( ...
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Wordpress widget/sidebar dividers?
I have a widget sidebar, but I'd like dividers between them. I can achieve this in CSS using boring borders, but I have a png image I'd rather use instead.
Is there a way to insert a divider after ...
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Register/Get sidebar?
I can't quite seem to figure out how it works.
By default i have a sidebar in sidebar.php that i load using get_sidebar();. That works great (no need to register it), but i have a custom page ...
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what is allowed as an id argument in register_sidebar( $args )
I am want to register a sidebar but i am a little confused about the uses of the id argument in register_sidebar function.
Codex says: id - Sidebar id - Must be all in lowercase, with no spaces
...
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What are ideal hooks to call register_sidebars?
Where should a plugin ideally hook to call register_sidebar();?
Will init do just fine?
function my_plugin_register_sidebars() {
$args = array(
'name' => 'foo'
'description' ...
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register_sidebar ignores 'id' and 'class'
I am using the following to register a widget area:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Footer Widgets', 'hex'),
'id' => ...
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An issue with register_sidebar and the admin interface
Okay, I'm sure there is an simple explanation for this problem... it's just that I can't see it right now.
Here is my code adding widget sidebars:
add_action('widgets_init', ...
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Creating a different side bar for single posts than for main page.
How can I create a different side bar for single posts than for main page?
At the moment I have 2 working one for pages and one for the blog
thanks
this is how it looks in funtions.php
// Register ...
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Get sidebar parameters (before_widget, before_title, etc.) from within a widget
Is it possible to dynamically get sidebar parameters from within a widget? That is, I am trying to access the before_widget/after_widget/before_title/after_title/name parameters of the containing ...
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Widget not saving to sidebar area [closed]
I am still learning WordPress while in the process of creating a new theme for myself. On the homepage, I want to display two widgets in the main content area. I have set up two sidebars (Homepage A ...
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Best practices: Custom theme sidebar menu - hardcode or widget?
Is it best to hardcode a sidebar menu using functions.php or sidebar.php OR use the custom menu widget? Are there times when each is appropriate?
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Registering Sidebar. Additional banners got displayed
I need to register a test sidebar and have to include it on a specific page. On registering sidebar as
register_sidebar(array('name' => 'ABC'));
Additional banners get displayed on all pages. ...
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How to wrap the widget content with a div or get the widget title outside?
Is there a way to get the widget title outside of the widget area like this:
<ul>
<li>
<h2 class="widgettitle">The title here</h2>
<div class=""widget>
...
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Move wordpress sidebar on homepage up to new position
This should be a simple task, however I am having no such luck. I am using a theme that has a homepage slider which spans across the entire content area. I have been asked to reduce the size of the ...
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Toggle option in sidebar widgets
I would like to use toggle option in my sidebar widgets. But my sidebar widgets not generating unique id.
This is my register sidebar code.
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Main ...
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Unique widget id in sidebar
This is my sidebar code
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Post Sidebar',
'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => ...
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Sidebar widget not displaying after simple code update.
I registered a sidebar widget, then modified the registration which included changing the registered name of the widget. Now the widget does not show at all. Below are the steps I took.
I registered ...
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Register sidebar 'before' and 'after' html as div rather than li tags
I am making sidebars for my theme using the register sidebar function. The codex does it something like this
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Right ...
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How to customize wordpress sidebar widget
This is how i registered my sidebar:
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Post Sidebar',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widgetdiv"><div id="%1$s" class="widget ...
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Widgets not expanding on wordpress 3.3 widget dashbord
I updated to WordPress 3.3 (manual update) and cleaned browser cache.
Widgets dashbord stop working when tring to expand dynamic sidebars for custom theme when it works for previous wordpress 3.2 ...
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Why is registering a sidebar for each page causing my sidebars to reset?
I have the following code in my functions.php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') ){
$pages=get_pages();
foreach($pages as $page){
...
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activate custom sidebar widgets
Hey guys I'm trying to activate a sidebar for wp widgets.
So my HTML looks like this:
<aside id="leftSidebar">
<section>
<h3></h3>
<div ...
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how do I get a sidebar's id or number for use with is_active_sidebar()
From the codex
is_active_sidebar( $index ); ?>
Parameters
$index
(mixed) (required) Sidebar name, id or number.
When i try any of my sidebar names it doesnt work; yet when I put in random ...
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dynamic_sidebar not rendering sidebar
I have the following code
// in functions.php
register_sidebar(array(
'before_widget' => '<section>',
'after_widget' => '</section>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
...
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2answers
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adding multiple sidebars on pages
I am using twentyten theme and I want there to be two sidebars on my page - one on the left and the second on the right.
Can any one tell me how to do that?
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Why is my custom sidebar always open on the widgets screen in Admin?
I've created a custom sidebar with this code in my theme's functions.php:
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => __('Article - Below Content'),
'id' => 'zg-article-footer',
...
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1answer
446 views
More flexible sidebar and widget management
I’d like to have a plugin for a flexible sidebar/widget management. In fact, I want to give a user the possibility to choose which sidebar should be displayed per page/post.
I know there are many ...
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1answer
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Custom sidebars - get_sidebar() problems
I want to have different sidebars on different pages.
So firstly I registered a few basic sidebars in functions.php. So they will be always there no matter where I move my theme. Let's name them ...
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List all sidebar names?
I'm listing all sidebars like that:
global $wp_registered_sidebars;
echo '<pre>';
print_r($wp_registered_sidebars);
echo '</pre>'
So I'm getting something like:
Array
(
...
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1answer
725 views
Sidebar Generator? :)
I'm tired of editing functions.php every time I want to add/remove a sidebar.
I know there is Sidebar Generator plugin, but I wanted to develop something on my own that will work out of the box ...
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1answer
427 views
Add SideBar/Widgets Just Below the Post
I have created and registered side bar in function.php and using it another place. It's working fine. Now I like to use it just below the post. I have installed some plugins -Bookmarks, related ...
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Content not showing up when using custom template + sidebar
I am working on a user dashboard for my site using wp user front end and Mingle. I decided the best way to integrate this is by creating a custom sidebar and using that in a new template, which I did. ...
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Get list of all registered sidebars
I am registering sidebars automatically for each category (a separate widget space per category). The technique I'm using is here.
In the admin side I have an options page where I need to display a ...
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How to register_sidebar() without messing up the order?
How do you register a sidebar in a plugin without screwing up the pre-existing registered sidebars? (The ordering of the sidebar registrations, rather than the assigned ID, determines the sidebar ...
