Added new widget area, cannot add widgets

  • Resolved snyles

    (@snyles)


    12 years, 10 months ago

    Hello, new to template building/tweaking. I’ve run into the following problem, can’t seem to find an answer out there.

    I want to add a new widget area in my footer. This post was very helpful. I registered the widget areas in FUNCTIONS.php thusly:

    if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
	register_sidebar(array(
		'name' => 'Right Sidebar',
		'id' => 'right_sidebar',
		'before_widget' => '',
		'after_widget' => '<br/><br/>',
		'before_title' => '<h3>',
		'after_title' => '</h3>'
	));
	register_sidebar(array(
		'name'=> 'Footer',
		'id' => 'footer',
		'before_widget' => '',
		'after_widget' => '',
		'before_title' => '<h3>',
		'after_title' => '</h3>'
	));
}

    In footer.php, I’ve added

    <div id="footer_widget">
			<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('footer') ) : ?>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div>

    and i’ve changed the dynamic_sidebar parameter in sidebar.php to right_sidebar.

    Both of these widget areas appear in the widget admin page. However Footer does not expand. I can’t drag new widgets to it, and the arrow next to it is unresponsive. Right Sidebar functions perfectly. Have I overlooked a step?

    Thanks

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  • Have you tried this in your footer.php?

    <div id="footer_widget">
  <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('footer') ) : else : ?><?php endif; ?>
</div>

    Try:

    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => 'Footer',
        'id'   => 'footer',
        'description'   => 'Footer widget area.',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget'  => '',
        'before_title'  => '<h3>',
        'after_title'   => '</h3>'
    ));
    <div id="footer-widget">
<?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('footer')) : else : ?>
        <?php endif; ?>
</div>
    Thread Starter snyles

    (@snyles)

    Interesting. After trying that code, in the widget admin, when I try to expand the Footer box in the right sidebar, a widget area is expanded down in the footer area, to which I can now drag widgets. It might have been there before, but I only noticed after adding the description. Presumably because its in footer.php…?

    Anyway, many thanks!

    Sounds more like a missing comma/bracket/semi colon somewhere in your functions.

    snyles:

    If your problem has been resolved, you may change the topic status become resolved.

    ??

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