Title: Problem with Dynamic Sidebars
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem with Dynamic Sidebars

 *  Resolved [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * (@mcwebdesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/)
 * Hi, hoping someone can help.
 * I have created a site with 6 sidebars names:
    sidebar.php sidebar-events.php 
   sidebar-main.php sidebar-mission.php sidebar-resources.php sidebar-services.php
 * I have registered them in the functions.php flie which reads as follows:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Classic_Theme
        */
   
       automatic_feed_links();
   
       if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       	register_sidebar(array(
       	'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
       'after_widget' => '</li>',
       'before_title' => '',
       'after_title' => '',
       	));
   
       ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
           register_sidebar ('main');
       } ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
           register_sidebar ('events');
       } ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
           register_sidebar ('mission');
       } ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
           register_sidebar ('services');
       } ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists ('register_sidebar')) {
           register_sidebar ('resources');
       } ?>
       ```
   
 * And all the sidebars show up in the widgets section of the admin area.
 * Each page calls the appropriate sidebar using `
    <?php get_sidebar(6); ?>`
 * I have tried using `<?php include ('sidebar-resources.php') ?>` and `<?php get_sidebar(
   resources); ?>` But the only sidebar that i can get to show is the default sidebar(
   with dynamic content)
 * Any ideas?
 * Oh the site is [http://www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk?output_format=md)

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 *  [sleeplessindc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sleeplessindc/)
 * (@sleeplessindc)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1269946)
 * In your pages, you just need
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * Then in your sidebar.php file, call each sidebar like this:
    <ul class=”sidebar_list”
   > <?php if (!function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(main)) : ?
   >
 *  <?php endif; ?>
 *  <?php if (!function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(events)) :?
   >
 *  <li class=”widget”>
    <?php ec3_get_calendar(); ?>
 *  <li class=”widget”>Events
    <?php ec3_get_events(5); ?>
 *  <?php endif; ?>
 *  <?php if (!function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar(mission)) :?
   >
 *  <?php endif; ?>
 * and so forth.
 *  [sleeplessindc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sleeplessindc/)
 * (@sleeplessindc)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1269947)
 * For some reason the code above omitted the closing
    and so forth. `</ul>`
 *  Thread Starter [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * (@mcwebdesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1269983)
 * > In your pages, you just need
   >  <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * What do i put in the barckets of get sidebar to call each individual sidebar?
 * this is the code i have in each of the sidebar.php files (which works fine for
   sidebar.php) it just doesnt work for the others
 *     ```
       <!-- begin sidebar -->
   
       <div id="sidebar">
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' . __('Pages:')); ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_after=&title_before='); ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_categories('title_li=' . __('Categories:')); ?>
   
       <li id="search">
   
       <label for="s">
       <?php _e('Search:'); ?>
       </label>
   
       <form id="searchform" method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>">
   
       <div>
   
       <input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="15" /><br />
   
       <input type="submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Search'); ?>" />
   
       </div>
   
       </form>
   
       </li>
   
       <li id="archives"><?php _e('Archives:'); ?>
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
   
       </ul>
   
       </li>
   
       <li id="meta">
       <?php _e('Meta:'); ?>
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php wp_register(); ?>
   
       <li>
       <?php wp_loginout(); ?>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>">
   
       <?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
   
       <a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>">
       <?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>">
       <?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>">
       <abbr title="WordPress">WP</abbr></a></li>
   
       <?php wp_meta(); ?>
       </ul>
   
       </li>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       </ul>
   
       </div>
   
       <!-- end sidebar -->
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * (@mcwebdesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1270125)
 * Ahh I just figured out what you are meaning. so my sidebar code now looks like
   this, though i still can’t quite figure out how you tell which sidebar to appear
   on which page from this?
 *     ```
       <!-- begin sidebar -->
   
       <div id="sidebar">
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' . __('Pages:')); ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_after=&title_before='); ?>
   
       <?php wp_list_categories('title_li=' . __('Categories:')); ?>
   
       <li id="search">
   
       <label for="s">
       <?php _e('Search:'); ?>
       </label>
   
       <form id="searchform" method="get" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>">
   
       <div>
   
       <input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="15" /><br />
   
       <input type="submit" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Search'); ?>" />
   
       </div>
   
       </form>
   
       </li>
   
       <li id="archives"><?php _e('Archives:'); ?>
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
   
       </ul>
   
       </li>
   
       <li id="meta">
       <?php _e('Meta:'); ?>
   
       <ul>
   
       <?php wp_register(); ?>
   
       <li>
       <?php wp_loginout(); ?>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>">
   
       <?php _e('<abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
   
       <a href="<?php bloginfo('comments_rss2_url'); ?>" title="<?php _e('The latest comments to all posts in RSS'); ?>">
       <?php _e('Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="<?php _e('This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional'); ?>">
       <?php _e('Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr>'); ?></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a>
       </li>
   
       <li>
       <a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="<?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.'); ?>">
       <abbr title="WordPress">WP</abbr></a></li>
   
       <?php wp_meta(); ?>
       </ul>
   
       </li>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('main') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('events') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('mission') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('resources') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
        if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('services') ) : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       </ul>
   
       </div>
   
       <!-- end sidebar -->
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * (@mcwebdesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1270144)
 * Ok so i’ve had a bit more of a look around and i think i have made my references
   more exact.
    I am calling the sidebar as such `<?php get_sidebar('sidebar-main');?
   >` the functions.php file is as so:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * @package WordPress
        * @subpackage Classic_Theme
        */
        if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'')); ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-main')); ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-events')); ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-mission')); ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-services')); ?>
       <?php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar-resources')); ?>
       ```
   
 * And I can edit the sidebars in admin ok, but only the first sidebar shows on 
   the pages.
 * Please can someone help?
 *  Thread Starter [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * (@mcwebdesign)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1270193)
 * I Managed to resolve this using php include in the end (even though it hadnt 
   worked earlier)

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 * Last reply from: [MCWebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcwebdesign/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-dynamic-sidebars/#post-1270193)
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