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Ooops, sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread :(. Ignore that.

I am using my own theme which I am testing before using it on my site.

Here is the sidebar:

<div id=”sidebar”>
<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar(“Right Sidebar”) ) : ?>

<?php wp_list_categories(‘title_li=<h2>’ . __(‘Categories’) . ‘</h2>’ ); ?>

<?php wp_get_archives( $args ); ?>

<?php wp_list_comments( $args ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>

Here is the register for the sidebar in functions.php

if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar(array(
‘name’ => ‘Right Sidebar’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h2>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h2>’,
));

Oh, I thought that WordPress had its own custom styles somewhere. Thanks.

See for yourself : https://www.hospiceinform.net/ (right sidebar)

I tried that, it still places the <h2>Categories</h2> in an li.

But of course! my sidebar was placed after the post area in the HTML but in the PHP I had it before. problem solved.

Actually, it wasn’t missing elements, it was an extra </div> in my sidebar. Thanks for all your help guys. My only problem now is figuring out why my sidebar is on the left hand side instead of the right … mysterious.

I understand what is going wrong btw .. i have missing elements

LOL wow, i feel like a dumbass.

well now I have this: https://www.hospiceinform.net/

not much better.

Just a question skylar – why wouldn’t it be logical to use id instead of class for the first post since the div will only be appearing once on the page?

I know it doesn’t matter but I am always confused about this and I want to make sure I understand the purpose of classes vs. ids.

Thanks a lot skylar, you really spelled it out for me!

Okay, I get the first example for singe loops but there are some things I am not clear on.

For the basic loop, how do I set how many posts will be displayed on the page? Does the first example (below) display ALL posts?

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

If so, how do I tell WP to create separate pages after the first 10 posts or so?

I see a way to style posts differently by category but how do I style posts differently from time they were posted. I want the latest post to be styled differently then all the rest.

Thanks … I really did read the whole tutorial I am just not very good with PHP.

I would really appreciate any help on this or at least a link to a tutorial :).

Thanks. This makes sense.

nvm … i figured it all out pretty much.