Removing right hand navigation

  • 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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  • 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)

    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?

    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)

    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.

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

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