nick5nichols

Basically I want to add a link in my sidebar to an article without it showing on my navigation bar. I assumed the article could be a page–but I must be misunderstanding how WP works.

Where should I put written articles (not blog posts)in WP that I can make a link to and put the article title in my sidebar?

Thanks!!!

Hi Samboll!!

I finally got up the courage to add your line of code. I backed up the file first as you suggested. Changed the code then tried to install the latest WP upgrade.

It worked beautifully!!!! Thank you so much for your help!!

Later!
Nick

Scary! Do I add it after the <?php and before anything else in my wp-config.php?

Thanks!

Wow!!! That worked perfectly! And your response was very educational to me as well!! Thank you!!!

I used what you had because that’s what I would have chosen as a post display date.

Check out your correction: https://www.faithstoriesonline.com

Thanks again! Nick

First, thanks for the Template Hierarchy article! That was really interesting! And, I’ve never heard of a pastebin before, but what a great idea to save forum server space!

The date stuff seems to be in the middle.

https://wordpress.pastebin.ca/1647071

Thanks!!

Ditto on the forum duplication issue. Thanks again!

I realized later I had put my questions in wrong forum. That’s the reason for the duplication. Sorry. But thanks again for your help!!

Thank you!!!

Thank you RVoodoo!!! It worked! I added a text box widget and everything still works! But I do have a copy of the original theme code just in case. ?? That was very helpful and educational. Thanks again!

Thank you! I’ll give it a try!!

Something happened with the post button and I posted twice. Sorry.

What exact parts do I need to whack to get rid of Search and Meta?

Here is the sidebar.php code:

<div id=”sidebar”>
<div id=”sidebar-top”></div>
<div id=”sidebar-content”>
<div id=”subcolumn”>

<div id=”search”>
<form id=”searchform” method=”get” action=”<?php bloginfo(‘home’); ?>/”>
<div>
<input type=”text” class=”form-input” value=”<?php _e(‘Enter keyword(s) and hit enter’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?>” onblur=”if(this.value == ”) {this.value = ‘<?php _e(‘Enter keyword(s) and hit enter’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?>’;}” onfocus=”if(this.value == ‘<?php _e(‘Enter keyword(s) and hit enter’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?>’) {this.value = ”;}” name=”s” id=”s” />
<input type=”submit” class=”hidden search-submit” id=”search-submit” value=”<?php _e(‘Search’ , ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?>” />
</div>
</form>
</div> <!– #search –>

• <?php if (function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>

  <div class=”widget”>
  <h2 class=”hl”><?php _e(‘Calendar’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?></h2>
  <div align=”center”>
  <?php get_calendar(0); ?>
  </div>
  </div>

  <div class=”widget”>
  <?php wp_list_bookmarks(‘title_li=&category_before=&category_after=’); ?>
  </div>

  <div class=”widget”>
  <h2 class=”hl”><?php _e(‘Categories’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?></h2>

<?php wp_list_categories(‘title_li=&show_count=1’); ?>

</div>

<div class=”widget”>
<h2 class=”hl”><?php _e(‘Archives’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?></h2>

<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly&show_post_count=1’); ?>

</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php if (function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) && dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : else : ?>

<div class=”widget”>
<h2><?php _e(‘Meta’, ‘desk-mess-mirrored’); ?></h2>

<?php wp_register(); ?>
• <?php wp_loginout(); ?>
• Valid <abbr title=”eXtensible HyperText Markup Language”>XHTML</abbr>
• <abbr title=”XHTML Friends Network”>XFN</abbr>
• WordPress

<?php wp_meta(); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>

</div> <!– #subcolumn –>
</div> <!–#sidebar-content –>

<div id=”sidebar-bottom”></div>
</div>

Wow, everything went away except for Meta and Search when I added an empty text box. Suggestions?

https://www.oldmannewbie.com/

Thanks!!

I didn’t realize the link was being shortened to fit the space in the post editor layout. I compared your link with another and saw the difference. I filled in the missing part of the link on another post and it worked Great! Thanks!!