No Sidebars Defined

This should work. In sidebar.php, add this just after the first < ul > :

<?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar() ) : else : ?>

Add this just before the last < /ul > :

<?php endif; ?>

Now create a new, blank page in your editor and save it as functions.php . Place this on the new functions.php page:

<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar();
?>

Upload functions.php and sidebar.php to the theme folder. Your sidebar should now be widgetized.

Thanks! I had to do this too. This information isn’t in the instructions for widgitising your sidebar, which I understood completely, and my sidebar was fine.

These instructions sound pretty good and understandable for beginners (I also have no idea what the ‘official’ widgetizing instructions mean) – but what should I do if I don’t find any < ul > oder < /ul > in my sidebar.php? Where should I put the lines then?

I use Lainlog 1.0, and the only thing missing are widgets, but I don’t want to change my theme now I found the perfect one at last.