changed footer.php – now no sidebar

  • I just added wordpress to my server. It worked fine until I made 2 changes. I added the javascript for google analytics in the footer.php (default theme) just before /body.

    I also added the RSS widget.

    Now I have no sidebar.

    I removed the javascript code from footer, but still no sidebar.

    I tried to “remove” RSS, but it keeps coming back according to wp-admin info.

    I can just reinstall wordpress, but I would like to know why this happened.

    Jim

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  • Disable the RSS widget and/or plugin. Redownload your theme and use that footer.php file to replace your edited one.

    Use firefox and firebug to test your codes, you probably deleted a div class or id which calls for sidebar in the footer

    Thread Starter jimdun9241

    (@jimdun9241)

    I tried to remove RSS widget several times. It keeps coming back according to the wp-admin page.
    I can’t download the theme. I am using the default theme. I get the same result (no sidebar) when I switch to the classic theme.
    I just added firebug to firefox. I don’t see that it is showing anything wrong, but I don’t know how to use firebug.
    I am just playing around with modifying the code in different templates to get a sidebar. I am just experimenting to learn all I can. I want to become a wordpress guru. I am learning.

    jim

    Thread Starter jimdun9241

    (@jimdun9241)

    I fixed my sidebar problem. It was the RSS widget. I don’t know how I messed up just by clicking on ADD for the widget.

    When I clicked on REMOVE for the RSS widget, I didn’t know that I also had to click on SAVE CHANGES. When I clicked on both REMOVE and SAVE CHANGES, my sidebar came back.

    At first, the sidebar was above the header because I had added get sidebar to the header template at the beginning.

    Jim

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