Removing right hand navigation

  • danielb_uk

    (@danielb_uk)


    15 years ago

    Hi,

    I just installed WordPress and am busy customising the site, but I don’t know how to remove the standard navigation options on the right hand side of the theme.

    I’ve read loads of posts and tried a few things and cant figure it out so I was hoping someone would help me out.

    I’m using the TwentyTen template and I’m trying to remove all the options, but leave the space for a data capture form, namely:
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    Thank you so much for your help in advance.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years ago

    Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme. Your changes will be over-written the next time you upgrade WordPress. For this reason, it is recommended that you consider creating a child theme for your customisations. Once your child theme is active, we should be able to help with the customisation.

    Thread Starter danielb_uk

    (@danielb_uk)

    15 years ago

    Hi esmi, thanks for your reply.

    I’ve just read up on creating a child theme and have a quick question. If I put the style.css in a directory within the twentyten directory how will the server know to serve the child files? Will I need to change any references in the code?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years ago

    No – if you set the child theme up as described in the Codex and then activate it like any other theme, WordPress will take care of the rest.

    Thread Starter danielb_uk

    (@danielb_uk)

    15 years ago

    Hi esmi,

    I just made the child theme changes as you suggested, thanks.

    How do I now remove all the options in the right hand navigation (except for search)?

    Thanks in advance.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years ago

    Copy sidebar.php into your child theme, then edit the file and remove the default sidebar content.

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