include exception inside theme for empty widget area

Question

Im using Storefront-paper theme for a blog, and for my sorprise, sidebar.php include a code to block possibility to have empty widget area.

In this case I would like to use a page how front page, but I discover how developers never included the css code for this exception, and If you disable widgets, the area appears empty but content page not expand the post to all page producing a strange hole in the right.

sidebar.php is:

if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) :

And I need to modify the two css structures like

#primary {width:71%;float:left;}
#secondary {width:24%;margin-left:5%;float:left;}

To include the option when widget area is empty pass to be primary 100%. How can I do this? I'm interested in all the blog, and really I can't understand why development not included this option.

Answer 1

I am not exactly sure what you're question is but I think you are looking for something like this, mostly cribbed from the Codex:

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) { ?>
    <ul id="primary"><?php 
        dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ); ?>
    </ul><?php 
}

If the sidebar is not in use, no markup will display. You could add an else is you want:

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ) ) { ?>
    <ul id="primary"><?php 
        dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-1' ); ?>
    </ul><?php 
} else {
    <ul id="secondary"><?php 
        // some other code ?>
    </ul><?php 
}