Newb Needing to Change Blog Sidebar

It’s hard to respond without more specifics about what you want to do with the sidebar, but generally you make changes to the sidebar by editing the sidebar.php file for the theme you are using.

I’ve been puzzled about this because I can’t seem to figure out the code in sidebar.php.

I’ve got basic HTML skills.

I want to achieve something similar to what they’ve done at https://www.engadget.com/ , where I can have freedom to ad pictures, advertisements, etc.

How can I achieve this?

I just added HTML modules onto my sidebar and stuck in a load of HTML code for links to pages i’d created. I was a total newbie 3 months back but check out https://www.trailofants.com and see what you think, if that’s what you’re trying to achieve.

I use the K2 theme with various plug-ins and have barely touched anything in the background. True, my site isn’t flashy, but it’s simple and fresh. With all due respect to this forum, i think there are too many people at an advanced stage and newbie’s generally get baffled by 1000 different overtly-technical “solutions” which is often put across in a snobby “oh, don’t you know the basics?” kind of way.

The beauty of WordPress for me is the amount of plug-ins that just make things happen (in fairness- created by the “overtly-technical guru’s!) leaving me to get on with the main job-in-hand… content.