Title: Custom Sidebar Problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Sidebar Problem

 *  Resolved [Townhill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/townhill/)
 * (@townhill)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/)
 * I’m having problems creating custom sidebars. I’m trying to make one for the 
   posts page and have created a new sidebar, dragged the widgets I want to use 
   into it and assigned that new sidebar to the page, but that page continues to
   show only the archives widget. I must be missing a step somewhere, but I cant
   figure out what I need to do. The site is nhdtc.org and i’m trying to assign 
   the new sidebar to the “News” page.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887557)
 * Does that theme have custom sidebars as a theme option? (Is that the free version
   of the theme?)
 *  Thread Starter [Townhill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/townhill/)
 * (@townhill)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887558)
 * Yes to both questions,
 *  Thread Starter [Townhill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/townhill/)
 * (@townhill)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887561)
 * I did create a custom sidebar for the fixed home page and that worked just fine,
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887562)
 * I don’t see page-specific sidebars on the theme – I do see template-specific –
   but that’s not the same thing. You CAN use a plugin to make page-specific though–
   here’s one:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/)
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887563)
 * But I could be missing something – so you might want to check on the theme’s 
   dedicated forum here:
 * [http://cyberchimps.com/forum/free/responsive/](http://cyberchimps.com/forum/free/responsive/)
 *  Thread Starter [Townhill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/townhill/)
 * (@townhill)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebar-problem-1/#post-3887567)
 * Thanks, I guess I’m confused about template versus page-specific sidebars. I’ll
   go back and look at it again and also try the plugin. Thanks for your help.

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