smerdyakov

You could try Search Unleashed It’s a plugin i’m looking at myself. Let me know how it goes!

I am hardly an expert, but I’ve been picking up HTML, CSS (and a wee bit o Java and PHP) on the job for about a year now, and I can say that it does get easier. Am I an expert? Not in the least. But I can usually take a look at a page and see what is going on.

Learning takes patience, and time, so both of those might be tough on your tight schedule. There are a TON of resources out there, and Google and Oreilly are your best friend.

For CSS, I’ve found this book to be quite helpful: [CSS: The Missing Manual]

Best O’ Luck!

Hi Lance, thanks for sticking with me!

Unfortunately, my widget disappears if I remove the ID.

The working code, as is:

function powered_bot_widgets_init() {
	// Powered-Bot Sidebar
	register_sidebar( array(
	'name' => 'Footer',
	'id' => 'sidebar-4',
	'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-item">',
	'after_widget' => '</div>',
	'before_title' => '<h3>',
	'after_title' => '</h3>',
	) );
}

add_action( 'init', 'powered_bot_widgets_init' );

Voila! It works! Thanks Lance.

One more (edit: two more!) quick question(s) ; )

In the widget admin area, my new “footer” sidebar is now at the top of the list. Is there any way to have it appear below my other “regular” sidebars?

And also, why do I have to use the ID? I’ve seen other examples that leave it out. I’m not put off, just curious : )

I’m having a similar problem with the “powered-by” Theme. I’m starting with a blank functions.php, and adding the function mytheme_widgets_init. The parent’s functions theme has not been altered at all.

My child theme’s functions.php looks like this:

<?php
function mytheme_widgets_init() {
	register_sidebar(array(
		'name' => 'Footer',
		'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-item">',
		'after_widget' => '</div>',
		'before_title' => '<h3>',
		'after_title' => '</h3>',
	));
}
	add_action( 'widgets_init', 'mytheme_widgets_init' );

?>

Edit: got the above code working, but only within the parent theme’s functions.php. Adding it to the child theme’s functions.php does nothing.

Any thoughts?

Hi Chad,

I’ve made the changes using the Custom CSS file, and it’s working fine.
I’ll fiddle with things to try and isolate why my theme freaks out with WP-Members.

Thanks!
Nick

Anyone?