Can’t edit sidebars

  • alda

    (@alda)


    18 years, 1 month ago

    Hello,

    I’m new to WordPress and have been fiddling with my template, trying to get it the way I want it. I’ve done ok with the header, however I’ve now moved to the sidebars and nothing seems to be working. I get that I can add widgets and that’s fine; however, my right sidebar, for example, already has a search form set up, and when I add a search widget to my left sidebar it just adds an extra one. When I try to remove the code from the right sidebar, nothing happens. Similarly, when I try to move features from the right sidebar to the left, nothing happens.

    So – first of all, I should probably ask: am I right to be editing the files shown as right.php and left.php, respectively? And if so, is there a different trick to it than just moving code from one to the other?

    Thanks!

    Alda
    http://www.newsite.aldasigmunds.com

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  • hakre

    (@hakre)

    18 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Alda, it would help if you post the name and homepage of the theme you are modifying. The two default themes have no left.php or right.php shipping with them.

    In general there are widgets (the modern way to solve and configure sidebars) and there are the “classic” sidebar parts. If you want to use the search widget, then remove the search part from the “classic” sidebar. That should do the job.

    haochi

    (@haochi)

    18 years, 1 month ago

    Theme Name: Simple Themes One
Theme URI: http://www.refueled.net/wordpress-themes/

    @hakre: The theme’s info are generally in the theme’s CSS file.

    #1: Yes.
    #2: If you are trying to move the sidebar from right to left, cut the following code from right.php to left.php, ideally above <?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>.

    <li><h2>Search</h2>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
</li>

    hakre

    (@hakre)

    18 years, 1 month ago

    @haochi: now after you said it…. 😉

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