How to get sidebar on static front page?

  • Resolved Herrklaus

    (@herrklaus)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    I changed my front page to static, but would like to retain a sidebar. How can I get one? (As mine is now gone after the switch)

    Thank you

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  • The “Static” page you chose by default should be using the default page template, page.php, in your theme directory. If it does not include a sidebar, you must add the code yourself to the PHP file. Ultimately, your home page should be a page style that’s entirely different from the default page file.

    Just create a new custom page template in your theme directory, go into the page you selected as your “static” front page, and set the template to your new template. I think I explained that sufficiently lol.

    Article on custom page templates
    Article on dynamic sidebars

    Of course you may or may not need to add additional HTML to make it look proper, but then again, I don’t know your them ??

    Happy coding (^.-)

    if you are using Twenty Eleven, try and use the ‘Sidebar Template’ for the static front page:

    dashboard – pages – edit page – page attributes – templates

    Thanks for the info. Saved my ass a lot of grief.

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