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81 views

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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1answer
30 views

Recommended sidebar / content widths

I'm developing my own theme. Does WordPress recommend or require a minimum or maximum when it comes to the width of the content or sidebar elements of an post, page or archive page? If not, are there ...
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74 views

Displaying a widget in sidebar only when no other widgets rendered?

I am working on a custom theme, basically migrating a current sites look and feel into WordPress. Most of everything is based on Pages, and all of these pages should have a left sidebar. Of those ...
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1answer
95 views

Content-focused web design: sidebar alternatives? [closed]

I am really liking the new trend of using a full-width scrollable blog design. Sidebar simply takes up far too much space, distracting from the main piece on the page- the content. Do you know of any ...
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210 views

How to generate and display widgets areas dynamically?

I want display different content in sidebar for every category, but as I create new ones I have to create the area for it. How can I have widget areas for every category and also display them on theme ...
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1answer
57 views

Why is my sidebar not being rendered? [closed]

All, I'm working on a simple theme for a site and have come across a perplexing thing. My index page definition is here: http://pastebin.com/WSdfA0Mw When it renders, it looks like: ...
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752 views

How to create my own sidebar in Twenty Eleven child theme?

When I go to configure widgets in Twenty Eleven theme, there are 5 "sidebars" available: Main sidebar Showcase sidebar 1st col of footer 2nd col of footer 3rd col of footer In a child theme, I'd ...
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340 views

How can I hard code my sidebar?

I am building a child theme based on Thematic. Rather than use widgets, I would like to hard code my sidebar but I can't figure out how to do this. Any help appreciated! Thanks
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1k views

Changing $before_widget for certain widgets

So I'm working on designing a Wordpress theme with lots of extra widgets. The ones I have added are in separate files, and called in the functions.php I have lots of css on the widgets themselves and ...
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1answer
125 views

Post X of Y in single.php / sidebar.php

Is there a way of putting "Post X of Y" into my sidebar? I think I can only show it when it is a single blog post (something like checking if the content is_single) but I want to be able to see which ...
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votes
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400 views

how can I remove the sidebar from my wp homepage [closed]

What's the best practice when it comes to removing the sidebar on the wordpress homepage? I'm using wp Version 3.2.1 and Skeleton Child Theme 1.6
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3k views

Display a specific dynamic sidebar widgets on a specific page

I have had a wordpress site handed off to me halfway through completion. It's been at least a year since I last used wordpress and there are a lot of things I'm finding different. The way I am used to ...
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155 views

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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159 views

Is there possibility to Customize the present theme adding sidebars

I am using a wordpress theme which has just header and footer .I w'd like to continue using it by changing the width and adding side bars . Could any one help me to change the width(to fit to the ...