Sidebars not showing up on live site

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Yes, I screw up the functions.php file last night trying to troubleshoot my issue with the sidebars. Will fix it. Using latest WordPress 3.9.1.

PHP error in functions.php is now fixed. Still the same issue with the sidebars dough.

How did you copy the local site to the live one? When you move a site, you must replace the old URLs and paths with the new ones. Some of these are stored in the database in ‘serialized’ form where the string length is stored along with the string. You must use special tools to search and replace the old values with the new ones.

If you replace an old URL with a new one of a different length, it will break the serialization, causing many different problems.

If the old site is still available, you can use the steps shown in this article to copy the site: https://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2012/08/22/migrating-a-wordpress-site-step-by-step/

If the old site is not available, and you still have a copy of the database from that site, you should be able to use this tool to make the changes: https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/

Thank you for the reply.

I previously did pretty much the same as the methods you are describing here. However, I tried using the method and tools you suggested…several times without any luck. Same problem as before. Besides these issues with the sidebars, everything works perfectly on the site.

Viewing the source code of the site, I can see right away that wordpress is not using “my” code for the left sidebar (which shows up above main content). The right sidebar is completely missing though.

This is a strange issue I can’t figure out.

Duplicator plugin works too, perhaps you should try to use the plugin.

There is a YouTube video showing moving from localhost using the script mentioned above: https://youtu.be/1LHhqn2Fbt0

I suspect something else is wrong here since wordpress is not generating the code for the sidebars on the live site. Everything else works great on the site except for the sidebars.

On my live site the left sidebar is actually showing, but on top of the main content area. And after reviewing the source code in my browser, I can see clearly that this is not the code that I have in my sidebar-left.php file. Have no idea what sidebar it actually takes this code from.

Also, wordpress is not generating any code for my right sidebar which is the reason why it’s not showing.

This is strange.

Problem finally solved. I used the following code on my local site which worked perfectly:

<?php get_sidebar(‘Left’) ;>
<?php get_sidebar(‘Right’) ;>

On my live site I changed this to:

<?php get_sidebar(‘left’) ;>
<?php get_sidebar(‘right’) ;>

Voila! Everything working perfectly again! Man, I feel like a complete retard.