Cannot See My SideBar – Is this b/c of the new Version?

  • Hey All, I wanted to see if anyone has been experiencing the following problem:

    My following site https://www.constipationinbabies.net is having the following problem,

    When I use the current theme that is on their right now, the main page is taking up the whole width of the screen, so my sidebar is not showing up.
    If I click on my post my sidebar shows up.

    I though it could have been the theme, so i switched it to the default theme from wordpress and the opposite happened.
    When I went to the site, the main page had my sidebar ( the way I wanted it), but when I click on the post, the sidebar went away and the only way to get back to the main page was to cick on the back button.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated

    thanks

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  • Since this looks like a rather new blog, would it be easier to just reinstall everything again? I know that sounds like a bit over-kill, but if the problem exists on two different themes yet in different forms, then it might be a problem with one of the WP core files.

    I am no pro, but I think I would try and upload all new files minus the wp-config file. I see that the site that is supposed to be offering you support has closed their support forums. Not really a good sign.

    Thread Starter dmartin

    (@dmartin)

    Ok, just did a re-install and the same problem is happening.

    check it out https://www.constipationinbabies.net

    using the default theme, the behaviour you reported (no sidebar in single post view) is normal and intended.

    no idea with the other theme. sometimes it is the content – the posts – that break a theme, although your blog is empty.
    you also didn’t mention the name of the theme.

    right now, everything looks fine ??

    Thread Starter dmartin

    (@dmartin)

    ok so how do I include the sidebar thats in the homepage to the single posts?

    you start with header.php:
    change from this:

    <?php
// Checks to see whether it needs a sidebar or not
if ( empty($withcomments) && !is_single() ) {
?>
	#page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/kubrickbg-<?php bloginfo('text_direction'); ?>.jpg") repeat-y top; border: none; }
<?php } else { // No sidebar ?>
	#page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/kubrickbgwide.jpg") repeat-y top; border: none; }
<?php } ?>

    to this:

    #page { background: url("<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/kubrickbg-<?php bloginfo('text_direction'); ?>.jpg") repeat-y top; border: none; }

    then single.php:
    change this:
    <div id="content" class="widecolumn" role="main">
    into this:
    <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn" role="main">

    and the change this:
    <?php get_footer(); ?>
    into this:

    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

    do the same two steps ( widecolumn –> narrowcolumn; and add get_sidebar) for:
    – archives.php,
    – image.php,
    – links.php.

    this should be all ??

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