Title: Help – Adding another sidebar Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Help – Adding another sidebar * [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * (@daniel000) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/) * Hi guys * My site, [http://www.aflsource.com](http://www.aflsource.com) * Now i want to add another sidebar on the left hand side so i have room to add google adds. * I have found a couple sites that walk you through it, but im having a little trouble because there is always little differences and i then get confused * Im wondering if anyone would be able to help, if so it would be greatly appreciated Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Thread Starter [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * (@daniel000) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303788) * bump/ * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303791) * > “The greatest prayer is patience” – The Buddha * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303799) * honestly, tutorials are going to be different * the mechanics of adding a sidebar are pretty much the same, but the way people code can be different depending how they learned. * Also, depends on what theme they are teaching you about * I learned from this one…. [http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/](http://www.blogohblog.com/adding-extra-sidebar-to-your-wordpress-theme/) * but basically you may have to play around a bit…. * Thread Starter [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * (@daniel000) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303827) * sorry alchymth. i waited 10 hours :O lol i think it is because of the time difference, im from australia * Also i was working off that site, i think my issue is with the index.php it should have – * * but my template ( Stripey ) didnt have this code. * Also, my site DID have a functions.php page, and had this code that related to * * but looked like this. * ‘
  • ’, ‘after_widget’ => ”, ‘ before_title’ => ‘

    ’, ‘after_title’ => ‘

    ’, )); } * With a whole heap of other code, that i couldnt find in any other theme that had 2 columns. * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303920) * start to edit header.php – at the end: change from this: * ```
    ``` * to this: * ```
    ``` * (read for instance: [http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/how-to-create-multiple-dynamic-sidebars-for-wordpress-widgets/](http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2007/11/how-to-create-multiple-dynamic-sidebars-for-wordpress-widgets/)) * make a copy of ‘sidebar.php’ and name it ‘sidebar2.php’, save it in the theme folder (the same folder you got sidebar.php from). * edit ‘sidebar2.php’: end up with this code in there, [sidebar2 code](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/m64d9b8f4) edit ‘functions.php’: only at the beginning [functions code](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/m2455a9ee)( only the first 16 lines are different – copy them from the link **without **the line numbers, scroll further down to get the code) * edit style.css at a few places: (assuming and tested with sidebar2 width:190px) * add these new lines: * ``` #sidebar2 { width:190px; float:left; margin-left:10px; margin-top: 15px; } ``` * find these and edit the numbers: * ``` #body_left{ width:460px; /*was 670px without sidebar2 wide 190px*/ float:left; ``` * ``` #body_left_content{ width:415px; /*was 615px without sidebar2 wide 190px*/ padding:25px 0 0 30px; } ``` * ``` #respond{ margin:40px 15px 0 10px; /*reduced 30px to 10px*/ padding-bottom:60px; } ``` * ``` #commentform{ margin-left:25px; /*reduced from 55px*/ color:#000000; font-size:12px; width:80%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } ``` * this should be all, not intensively tested: good luck, 😉 * Thread Starter [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * (@daniel000) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303985) * Hey thank you so much! * Well i decided to not go with that. I was having wayy to much trouble formatting the whole document * I decided to go with adding a white strip on the side, so i can put the adds in there * My problem now is, i have the image but i cant seem to move it at all * Im using the code * #advert{ * position:absolute; background-color:white; width:120px; height:600px; top:196px; left:870px; z-index: 9; } * which is in the style sheet * and then putting the div into the header.php where all the other divs seem to be. * Thread Starter [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * (@daniel000) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303986) * I fixed the problem * now i have an issue or question, i want to get my google adds to appear in this white section instead of all over my blog. im using Adsense now! Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Help – Adding another sidebar’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [daniel000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel000/) * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-adding-another-sidebar/#post-1303986) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics