Title: 1.5 Default Theme Problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# 1.5 Default Theme Problem

 *  [LindaB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindab/)
 * (@lindab)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-default-theme-problem/)
 * Okay, I give up! I’ve modified the sidebar.php file to add Adsense and some links
   to the sidebar. The front page looks great, just the way I want it. So what’s
   with the category archive, month archive, and permalink pages? The category and
   month archive pages only show part of the sidebar.
 * The category and month archives are missing the monthly archive section, Adsense,
   and Meta information.
 * The permalink page is totally missing a sidebar at all.
 * So what the heck do I modify or fix to get those pages to show the exact same
   sidebar as the front page of the blog?
 * Linda

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 *  [Lorelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorelle/)
 * (@lorelle)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-default-theme-problem/#post-153022)
 * What theme are you using? The category and archives may call up their own pages
   and not include the sidebar as part of their layout. It depends upon the Theme.
 * Check the notes from the Theme’s author and look in the category.php, archive.
   php, and other such files to see if it lists an “include” statement for the sidebar.
 *  Thread Starter [LindaB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindab/)
 * (@lindab)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-default-theme-problem/#post-153067)
 * This is the default theme for 1.5. The archive.php has the following:
 * <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * Shouldn’t that bring up the sidebar within the sidebar.php file? If so, why is
   half of it missing?
 * There is no category.php within the theme folder. And I can’t figure out which
   file is for the permalink file.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-default-theme-problem/#post-153069)
 * The category pages run off of the combination of archive.php and archives.php,
   just like the archives. What you want to do is add `<?php get_sidebar(); ?>` 
   to archives.php. Also, “permalinks” refer to the actual links, but “single post”
   or “post page” is what I believe you’re after. That file is single.php. You’ll
   want to add `<?php get_sidebar(); ?>` to it as well.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-default-theme-problem/#post-153069)
 * Status: not resolved

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