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thanks esmi. I will try upgrading my version of wordpress.

I don’t think it’s the theme. I can’t access sidebars in dashboard on the default themes either.

Thanks

Plug-ins do not seem to be the cause of problem, but it does appear to be theme specific.

I didn’t follow the directions in Moving WP because various mix ups on the old server meant that I couldn’t. Since moving, I’ve adjusted info in the database & relevant pages and everything else is working ok – that is, except for the sidebars

hey that’s so great – it worked – thank you very much!

hi,

This is the code on the page template:

<div id="column2">

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page »</p>'); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php $category = get_post_meta($post->ID, "symposium2004", true); ?>
<?php $child_posts = get_posts('category_name='. $category ); ?>

<ul id="child-pages" class="lay-3-col">
<?php if (!empty($child_posts)) {foreach ($child_posts as $post) :
?>

<li class="portfolio-home">

<?php
$thumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb", true);
if (!empty($thumb)) {
?>

<div class="thumbImage">
<a>"><img src="<?php echo '/wp/wp-content/uploads/'. $thumb ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
</div>	

<?php
}
?>
<div class="title"><a>" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>

<div class="excerpt"><?php echo the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<?php
endforeach;
}
?>

<?php
else : get_component("not_found.php");
endif;
?>

</div>

belated thanks!
this displays the entire post, how can I display an specific category excerpt only?