hannahhayes

Finally had some time to sit down and work on this today and I think it’s working! I skipped creating a child theme just while I was experimenting but I will definitely go back and do it now that I know I can make it work. Thank you so much for your help on this!

Hello again,

Once again sorry for my slow reply. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of free time at the moment. I understand completely what you mean about challenging people to learn for themselves and this is something I’d really like to be able to figure out for myself one day. My problem is that instead of starting from the basics and working my way up I tend to just dive straight in to the bit I want to do which means that when it comes to stuff like this I just end up going in circles! I’ve recently signed up to something called Treehouse and I’m forcing myself to sit through the easy videos in the hope that I’ll eventually learn the harder stuff properly!

The theme I’m using at the moment is Thesis (v 2.1), so I’m not sure if creating a child theme is necessary? I also haven’t been able to locate my sidebar template. Thesis is great for customising from the admin screen but not so great when you’re trying to access certain php files it would seem. Do you have any advice?

Also thanks for your help so far, I really appreciate it.

Hi bcworkz, sorry for my slow reply. That sounds like exactly what I need, but being a total rookie when it comes to this stuff I have no idea how to implement it. Could you by any chance give me a little more advice/pointers?

How strange, I could have sworn it didn’t yesterday! Okay, resolved. Thanks!

Sorry, the form is here:

https://www.lessonobservations.org.uk/the-practical-handbook/

It’s the one at the bottom of the page, not the one in the sidebar.

Hi Esmi,

Thanks for replying to me. I spoke to my manager and he isn’t keen on the idea of switching the theme because apparently some of the widgets disappear when you remove the Striking theme. Unfortunately it’s a live site and we don’t have another one mirroring it. Is there another way to identify the problem?