categories disappeared from left side??????

Ok lets try this again..

Ok i read some posts and found that i should try to delete the post from the category.. Tried that and no didn’t work.. I know that my categories have post in there as there are Numbers saying they do..

SO not sure what is the matter.. as 1 hour ago it was showing on my blog..

HMMMMMM

I’m lost….

Hey imfsub12,

Not sure without seeing some code. But. I’ve had things like this go wrong by messing with the sidebar.php page. What I didn’t realize what that the WP loop is initiated in the header.php file, and doesn’t finish until the fat lady sings…ok. not really. but. It ends somewhere else, usually encompassing the sidebar.php include.

Sounds though like you’re not messing with your php files…

My guess is that you have some tag in a post that’s breaking the loop; so when it gets to sidebar.php, its kaput.

Try doing some simple tests with your sidebar.php:
– Query posts in your sidebar with:
<?php query_posts(‘category_name=your-category&showposts=10’); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_content(‘read more’); ?>
<?php endwhile;?>

replace “your-category” with the name of one of your categories.

Also try a simple echo in the sidebar to see where you’re at:
<?php echo wp_title(”, true); ?>
This will display your page title.

IF this doesn’t work, then the sidebar isn’t being processed.

best, seej

Well i figured it out.. i just went nuts on the admin seeing if i did anything to it.. well it turn out that somehow i must of tried to add a WIDGETS to my theme..

I had on the right the ARchives button.. so i edited it then removed it and VOLA my categories came back..

so now i played with this feature and added the archives and the caterories and they came up on my left had bar..

WOW.. so simple.. but so hard to figure out..