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OK that worked, thanks. But for the future, how would I carry out my original plan?

I did try it. I removed all widgets from the sidebar (content sidebar only). There was nothing displayed there. But I’m not sure if other content is able to be displayed there. I have not yet (b/c I don’t know how to) modified any code (I’ll have to modify at least CSS from what I gather) to test it yet.

Sorry I’m a novice here.

the content sidebar should automatically disappear when you remove that widget.

I understand that nothing will be displayed where the sidebar should be. But does this result in the sidebar being removed from my page? e.g., will content be able to run the width of my screen if I merely remove the widgets from the sidebar?

otherwise, try to remove this line from page.php:
<?php get_sidebar( ‘content’ ); ?>

I left the widget in, and carried out your suggestion. But the sidebar remains.

I have searched through many forum posts. Some mention a plugin (2014 Extended), which I would like to avoid if possible. The rest suggest what indicated in my original post, to remove the line

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

from the page.php file. I copied the page.php file from the 2014 parent directory to the 2014-child directory, then removing that line, but the sidebar remains. I should mention that in the Dashboard–>Appearance–>Widgets section, I have inserted a widget (Recent Posts) into the content sidebar. I’ve done this merely so I can observe if and when the sidebar is removed. Maybe I can’t remove a sidebar if it is populated with an active widget?

Right. I’d like to remove the sidebar completely so that my content (header, body, footer) can span the entire width of the screen. Is this the proper way of going about that?

OK got it, thanks.

Ok thanks, that worked. FYI I also determined that my earlier issue was due to user error. I was activating the plugins, but was neglecting to go into their settings and enable the privacy features.

OK this seems to be resolved, but I don’t know why exactly. When I changed the permalinks from ‘default’ to ‘post-name,’ the sample page began to load and display as expected. It might be helpful to note that in addition to my existing (non-Wordpress created) index.html file being present, all of my other non-Wordpress created pages are present in the root directory as well. Perhaps that resulted in confusing WordPress when it tried to load the sample page using the default “?p=2” pointer? An explanation would be nice in case I experience this in the future.

https://theseasonsamui.com/

Thanks for the reply btw.

OK I renamed it. When I did so, and refreshed my browser, the WP theme appeared. There is a link in the top right that reads ‘SAMPLE.’ When I click it, my old index.html page appears. Why wouldn’t the sample page appear?

*quickest and dirtiest solution…

OK I’ll play with starting from a blank slate, thanks for that. BUT, right now I’m pressed for time with my client and really need a seamless migration very quickly. Reading the Theme Development page, it looks like the quickest method would be to:

1. Copy my existing CSS file (and requisite supporting files) to my WordPress–>Themes directory.
2. *Add a valid WordPress theme header* to the CSS file, giving it a suitable theme name in the process.
3. Apply that theme to my site.

Again, using the current CSS may not be the long term solution. But it looks like it is the quickest solution right now, no?

OK that theme development page looks like a good start. I’ll give that a read and see how I get along.

Thanks!

Whereas in WordPress it’ll have to be:
<link href=”/wp-content/themes/your-theme-name/css/this-stylesheet.css”>

Ok sorry didn’t see this post before I replied. So are you saying that I can somehow upload my current CSS file to WordPress? Then I have to create a new theme (or modify a current them ) to point to this CSS?

Sorry for not being clear. I have an existing website that I’d like to migrate to WordPress. Will the website look *exactly* the same after the migration? If so, how can I ensure that? Will I have to create a new WordPress theme based on my site’s current CSS pages? Or another method entirely?

Thanks.