J Howard

I guess I could always remove the theme and reinstall to check again.

Ok Esmi, thank you. I’m in, and have switched to a WP theme as the rename didn’t cause it to be done automatically. Switching back to my chosen theme, results in a white page when viewing the site.

Anyone? Has no-one ever come across this?

Alchymyth – I cannot thank you enough, not only for investigating the issue, but for also locating the original footer.php code for the ‘inove’ theme.

I replaced the code in my current footer.php file, and it worked like a charm. No further issues whether linked or unlinked to a parent page. Many many thanks!!

</div>

	<!-- main END -->

	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

	<div class="fixed"></div>

</div>

<!-- content END -->

<!-- footer START -->

<div id="footer">
<div id="copyright">
<a href="https://twitter.com/wcess"><img src="https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/wp-content/images/twittertrans.jpg" height="50px" width="60px" alt="Follow us!"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolverley-CE-Secondary-School/123500651006409"><img src="https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/wp-content/images/facebooktrans.jpg" height="48px" width="48px" alt="Like us on Facebook!"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<div id="copyrightright">
<u><a href="https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/wp-login.php">Login</a></u>
</div>

</div>
</div>

More oddly, why would the sidebar template suddenly work as expected, when not associated with a parent page?

Thanks for your efforts thus far, Alchymyth.

I’ve checked the code for the template, and it is correct for showing no sidebar. I’ve even restored the template file from an old backup, which was exactly the same, but I thought I’d give it a shot anyway.

So, which higher part of the tree should I concentrate my efforts on, if the template is correct?

What could either be overriding the template (which would be weird just for one template), or ignoring the template altogether? It clearly isn’t working, as the sidebar DIV is being rendered within the page.

Hi Alchymyth – thanks for the reply.

The issue occurs when the page uses a no sidebar template.

Here is a link to the page –
https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/school-info/test2/

As mentioned, this behaviour only occurs, if the page belongs to a parent page.

Many thanks in advance.

The plot thickens..

I’m comparing the template list between the live site and the copy I made when re-designing and some of the template names have changed, in so far as, capital letters at the start of the name. Why would my functions.php file be names as just ‘functions’ on the live site and then ‘Theme Functions’ on the copy? Should I just copy each template from the working copy, and replace the templates on the live site?

Oh forget it. Jeez.

I was hoping a suggestion for how to fix this one anomaly might be more likely than a suggestion to ‘start with a new theme’. No point fixing what isn’t broken. I do take note of your advice, however.

Can anyone else suggest a resolution for my problem? More of a helpful one?

I should state that the site itself, along with all modifications, were setup by another person. What would be a better way of achieving a no sidebar look for the page?

Here – https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Newsfeed.jpg

Here is a link to a image, which shows the current problem.

https://www.thedash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Gap.jpg

Here are the details of the DIV the image sits in.

#explore {
background-image: url(https://www.thedash.org.uk/websitetest/wp-content/images/exploresite2012.jpg);
color: #ffffff;
height: 621px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
overflow: hidden;
}

The image should meet up with the footer, as opposed to the horrendous gap below.