confessyoursecret

PS.. thanks for taking time to help me ??

hmm.. i actually like what i did. i made a top sidebar. but i really still want a left sidebar.

i tried to just include it before

<div id=”theREALleft”>

this caused the right side to be pushed down. then i put the code to both sidebars above <div id=”theREALleft”>
and now you will see what has happened. https://confessyoursecret.com

perhaps once i give it an id or class that should help? or do i need to reconfigure the actual post area? humph

how do i give it an id or class? sorry i am such a beginner. ??

Ok.. so i ended up putting the code back in so you can see exactly what is happening.

this is what my index looks like

<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Cute_Bubbles
*/

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”theREALleft”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”titleAndMeta”>
<h2>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”metaDate”>Posted <?php the_time(‘l, F jS, Y’) ?></div>
<div class=”metaCommentsEdit”><?php the_tags(‘Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘
‘); ?> Posted in <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?></div>
</div>
<div class=”realPostItem”>
<?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
</div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php next_posts_link(‘« Older Entries’) ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php previous_posts_link(‘Newer Entries »’) ?></div>
</div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class=”center”>Not Found</h2>
<div class=”realPostItem”>Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.</div>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php include (‘sidebar2.php’); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

and if you go to https://confessyoursecret.com you will see what it does. i added a calendar widget just so you can see where the sidebar is and what its doing.

Thanks for responding so quickly. my site is https://confessyoursecret.com

if you see, there is a sidebar on the right. when i put
<?php include (‘sidebar2.php’); ?> in the index, the sidebar appears on the left, but the posts are on top of it. Therefore posts would “push” the sidebar down. I don’t have the sidebar in now because I didn’t want to fool with it anymore. I did create a sidebar2.php file in my theme folder. Basically, everything seems to work except the placement. I can easily drag widgets into “sidebar2” on the dashboard. The sidebar was successful, it just gets pushed down by any posts.