Title: adding a left sidebar
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# adding a left sidebar

 *  [helenebt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenebt/)
 * (@helenebt)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/)
 * is there an easy way to add a left side bar? I don’t know much about code but
   can follow instructions 🙂
    And will it show up in my widget area so that I can
   easily move widgets in and out of the new sidebar? I like the theme and would
   prefer being able to add a left sidebar rather than move to another theme.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790769)
 * > is there an easy way to add a left side bar?
 * Not unless you are comfortable using CSS and possibly PHP, XHTML and WordPress
   templates tags.
 *  Thread Starter [helenebt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenebt/)
 * (@helenebt)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790782)
 * i would be if I had the code and the how to.
    I tried this: [http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/](http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/)
   but it didn’t work w/ azul. I couldn’t find this line `<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH.'/
   sidebar.php'); ?>` in the index.php file. I fiddled with it and tried other things
   which didn’t work either. Also, adding a “2” in the function.php file like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') )
       register_sidebars(2);
       ?>
       ```
   
 * didn’t call a second sidebar in the the widget area.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790791)
 * Every theme is different, so you would need to create a solution that worked 
   for your theme. Copying code from another theme or a tutorial is unlikely to 
   work. You need to study the various tutorials and then apply them to your theme–
   not just copy them.
 *  Thread Starter [helenebt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenebt/)
 * (@helenebt)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790797)
 * thanks.
 *  [srl_frontrange](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srl_frontrange/)
 * (@srl_frontrange)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790858)
 * Hi helenebt,
 * I found this tutorial to be very helpful. From this tutorial I also managed to
   add widget areas to the header and footer of my template using a another tutorial.
   
   [http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-theme-development-tools-tutorial/](http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-theme-development-tools-tutorial/)
 * It might take you a little bit of time to get through, but it is certainly worth
   it as it includes a chapter on some spiffy widgetizing. 😉
 * Another reason it would be worth the patience and time to go through it would
   be because you learn how the templates are built. This in and of itself will 
   save you tons of frustration when creating new themes.
 * Regards, and best of luck.
 *  Thread Starter [helenebt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helenebt/)
 * (@helenebt)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790859)
 * Thank you for the link 🙂
 *  [edwardpope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edwardpope/)
 * (@edwardpope)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-left-sidebar-2/#post-1790890)
 * Thank you all for your discussion, it was very helpful for me))

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