Can I add a left widgetized sidebar to the Classic theme?
(And yes, I have looked at a lot of 3 column themes, but I really like the one I have. It just needs a left sidebar on the index and every other page in the blog.)
Hi,
I’ve been reading and tinkering and overwriting files for two days and I’ve run out of ideas. I was trying to follow the various instructions I found on the web, which seem so easy, and then just don’t work because there’s something crucial I don’t understand. So here I am. Please help me.
Here’s my blog: https://wapshottpress.com/
I have too many things on the right sidebar, but I need them, so I wanted to put a mirror of it on the left side of the page. This is probably very simple, but, sorry, I just can’t figure it out on my own.
I can make .php sidebar files, but here’s what I need to know:
1. What should I name the sidebar files? “sidebar1.php”? “sidebar2.php”? “sidebar-two.php”? “sidebar-two.php”? “sidebar-right.php”? “sidebar-left.php”?
2, Exactly how do I edit the functions.php file? It looks like this right now:
<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Classic_Theme
*/
if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar(array(
‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ”,
‘after_title’ => ”,
));
?>
3. If I’m supposed to put “get sidebar” somewhere what are the exactly letters and symbols in that line of code? I have seen this, it seems right, but I don’t know:
<?php get_sidebar(‘left’); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(‘right’); ?>
4. And where would these or similar lines of code go in the index.php, or some other .php file? How can I get both sidebars on every page of the blog? And do I need to put a “div” somewhere? “div” confuses me a lot.
5. Are there other theme .php files or the .css file I need to edit? And how would I do that?
6. If we can get that left sidebar to happen, I’ll worry about the header later.
Thank you. If someone can point me to a baby-step by baby-step set of instructions, I’ll try this on my own again. I really like using WordPress (I used Graymatter until I just couldn’t use it anymore) but I’ve really slammed into the boundaries of my ability to figure things out with this issue. So any help on this would be much appreciated. If it’s too much to do on the forum, I can provide my email if you contact me through the website. There’s a contact form on the endless sidebar somewhere.
