Sidebars?

what theme are you using?

twenty eleven. I don’t have the ability to change my theme, my blog is a fundraising blog given to me under the head charity’s main blog.

Since I also forgot my version, its 3.8.5 and here is the site: https://blog.workndog.org/lin/

when you’re viewing an individual post, you don’t see it. How do I add a sidebar there?

Try checking your theme’s single.php template and make sure it has a call for the sidebar near the bottom:

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

how do I do that?

Also, if the themes template didn’t allow for a sidebar, how would I be able to have the main sidebar? Or is there a different entry in the themes php template for a main sidebar vs a sidebar that appears on individual blog posts?

To reiterate and clarify, I have a working sidebar that appears when you go to the site. However, when you are only viewing a single blog post the sidebar does not appear. How do I make a sidebar appear when viewing individual blog posts.

I’ve just started trying to add images/posts to the ‘profitmag’ theme, but the ‘theme options’ don’t really explain very much and my posts aren’t showing up?

Also, the terminology is not very clear ie. ‘block 2, block 3’

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

See:

https://www.transformationpowertools.com/wordpress/twenty-eleven-sidebar-on-single-posts-and-pages

Won’t be able to do this without access to the theme files, sorry to say.

@david Hamburgh – you are not using this theme – you need to start your own thread in the forum for your theme here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/profitmag#postform

I found that link on google, but it says I have to create a childs theme. As of right now, I do not have the ability to change my theme.

So, is this the only way to do it?

If so, how do I get the head blog to give me the ability to change theme? They’re not very tech savy so I need to explain to them how to do it if its possible.

Here is the main blog. They do not have sidebars on individual posts either it seems. https://blog.workndog.org/

Yep, that’s because Twenty Eleven theme isn’t coded that way. So, unfortunately, given the limitations of your site, there’s no way for you to change that.

I’m assuming you don’t have any other themes you can use?

You really should talk to whoever runs this network of sites – first off, they are using an old version of WP which is very insecure – ALL of the sites could easily get hacked. And second, they should be providing better support if they are not giving admin status to site owners like you!

I’m sorry I don’t know what else to suggest at this point, except that, depending on your project/site, perhaps you should consider setting up your own site. Maybe even on WordPress.COM –

https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

As far as I know, I do have admin status…. How would I determine for sure?

you asked about other themes, but if I can’t change my theme isn’t that moot?

If I don’t have admin status, how would it be given to me? The person in charge of everything isn’t very tech savy, so I’m sure she’d do what I request but needs to know how. So how would I get the option to be able to change themes so I could do a childs theme?

From what I can tell, you site is part of a Network of sites – which means that there is a SuperAdmin – who controls what you can do. You do not have full control over your site – otherwise, you would be able to change themes, update WP, modify theme files, etc.

No offense to her, but that person in charge really should get some technical assistance with WP – if the entire network of sites gets hacked (which it very well could using that outdated a version of WP) – she will have a VERY big mess to deal with.

She should be able to control what themes you can use…but then again, I have no idea how that network is actually set up.