Sidebar disappears if there are widgets?

[releaser]

Hello. I'm using the Cutline 3 column split theme and WP 2.8.5. Everytime I try to add widgets on any of the left or right sidebar the other things (search, recent entries, etc.) disappears. Tried this on 2.8.6, same thing. How do I get around this please? Thank you very much.

[sofimi]

That's the default way of coding sidebar files to support widgets but here's a workaround. Open sidebar.php and find this line:

<?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) : ?>

Move it downwards until right before this line:

<?php endif; ?>

This will make your widgets appear AFTER the search, recent entries, and Flickr stream sidebar items.

If you want your widgets to appear BEFORE those three, do the opposite. Move up <?php endif; ?> until it's right after the first line of code.

Hope that makes sense to you.

Hello. I'm using the Cutline 3 column split theme and WP 2.8.5. Everytime I try to add widgets on any of the left or right sidebar the other things (search, recent entries, etc.) disappears. Tried this on 2.8.6, same thing. How do I get around this please? Thank you very much.

[releaser]

Thank you! The workaround works great in r_sidebar.php. I have a few more questions, though.

Is there a way, on the r_sidebar.php, to position widgets in between say, search and recent entries?

On the l_sidebar.php, only the widgets added in wordpress will appear and anything else (widgets coded in the php file like the search, recent entries, etc.) still disappear. Is there a different way around that?

[sofimi]

r_sidebar: unless you're willing to make another widget area that's really it. You should read more about widgetizing themes on the WordPress site.

l_sidebar: do the same thing I mentioned earlier.

Thank you! The workaround works great in r_sidebar.php. I have a few more questions, though.

Is there a way, on the r_sidebar.php, to position widgets in between say, search and recent entries?

On the l_sidebar.php, only the widgets added in wordpress will appear and anything else (widgets coded in the php file like the search, recent entries, etc.) still disappear. Is there a different way around that?

[releaser]

Thanks for your help.

[mwafid]

That's the default way of coding sidebar files to support widgets but here's a workaround. Open sidebar.php and find this line:

<?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar()) : ?>

Move it downwards until right before this line:

<?php endif; ?>

This will make your widgets appear AFTER the search, recent entries, and Flickr stream sidebar items.

If you want your widgets to appear BEFORE those three, do the opposite. Move up <?php endif; ?> until it's right after the first line of code.

Hope that makes sense to you.

thx really help