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Then it must have changed recently. Right now you register an account and provide your site’s url. The verify your email and then “review” your account which allegedly takes a week. You cant login or do anything, it just says that your application is being reviewed.

Figured it out, it was a problem with using duplicate ad code.

So I uploaded some new code to the aforementioned site. I’ve determined that the space is being made for the ad after each post but the ad is only being displayed after the first post. Is this something on google’s end? How do I fix this? Thanks!

Oh sorry, the link is https://www.fire-emsgear.com. I dont have any ads on that site yet, because I was testing it on my local host version. Even if google could limit down the number of fake ads on a local host, it should show at least 3 right?

Thanks! Oddly enough removing the float:left didn’t fix it properly but the additional functions code did the trick. Thanks again!

Ok so I sorta fixed it. I added the code to call the sidebar during the loop so now it displays in the correct position. The only problem is it spaces out the top posts a little bit. Im guessing it should be in its own container or something? Im not really sure how to fix that.

The loop code is

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

					<div class="main_content">
						<div class="post">
							<span class="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
								<div class="post_info">
									<p>Posted <?php echo get_the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?> </p>
									<p>File Under: <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>
								</div>
						<div class="post_content">
							<div class="post_img"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></div>
							<div class="post_txt">
								<?php the_content() ?>
							</div>
						</div> <!--end of post_content-->

						<div class="post_bar"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php comments_number('No Comments','One Comment','% Comments'); ?>, Read More</a></div>
						</div> <!--end of post-->
					</div>
			<?php get_sidebar(); ?>	

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

and for the style:

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AHHHHH! This is so frustrating. Changing the width of the container just makes the posts display side by side and the sidebar is still at the bottom. Its as if the sidebar isnt in the same container as the content so it wont float up no matter how much room there is. I tried calling the sidebar function from within the container loop in index.php but that causes the sidebar to move down the page as more posts are added, which is not what I want. I suppose I could specify a absolute position but that would kill the theme for people viewing at another resolution. Any thoughts?

Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll try them out. I didn’t code the HTML/css but I thought the reason it’s all float:left is so that all the elements float into each other but then are correctly located thanks to the margins. The sidebar should be to the right of the content, above the footer bar. I’m also confused seeing as how that HTML/ styling when displayed without wordpress works just fine. What is it about coding it for wordpress that would mess it up?

Ok, I uploaded the theme to my site since I was developing it offline. The address is https://www.fire-emsgear.com

And I’ve since fixed that also. The site output all validates yet the sidebar still displays below the footer in firefox. I dont get this. Im not familiar with how wordpress handles content vs. sidebar but if there’s enough room for the sidebar and its a separate file, why isn’t it floating to the top?

So I’ve since done more stuff and now the only validation error I get is:

Line 53, Column 26: there is no attribute "role"

		<div id="content" role="main">

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You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.

Yet the sidebar still isn’t correct. Whats up with that?

Ok so I’ve done some playing around, ditched the standard loop and started scratch, basically copying how it would have been done prior to the 3.0 version. The main content, header, and footer are set-up exactly how they should be and the content is leaving enough room for a sidebar. The sidebar however still wants to display underneath it. If I use the HTML/CSS alone, outside of wordpress is works perfectly but not here. I’ll post the code below.

Loop

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

		<div class="wrapper">
			<div class="content">
					<div class="main_content">
						<div class="post">
							<span class="post_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
								<div class="post_info">
									<p>Posted <?php echo get_the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author(); ?> </p>
									<p>File Under: <?php the_category(', '); ?></p>
								</div>
						<div class="post_content">
							<div class="post_img"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></div>
							<div class="post_txt">
								<?php the_content() ?>
							</div>
						</div> <!--end of post_content-->

						<div class="post_bar"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php comments_number('No Comments','One Comment','% Comments'); ?>, Read More</a></div>
						</div> <!--end of post-->
					</div>
			</div>
		</div>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

Sidebar.php

<div class="wrapper">
		<div class="content">
			<div class="main_content">
				<div class="sidebar">
					<form action="#" class="subscribe_form">
					<fieldset>
						<div class="subscribe_title"><a href="#">Subscribe now</a></div>
						<div class="subscribe_box">

							<input type="text" class="input_email" />
							<input type="submit" value=" " class="input_submit" />
						</div>
						</fieldset>
						</form> <!--end of subscribe_form-->

						<div class="sidenav">
							<div class="sidenav_title">Archives</div>
							<ul>
								<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
							</ul>
						</div>

						<div class="sidenav">
							<div class="sidenav_title">Categories</div>
							<ul>
								<?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li='); ?>
							</ul>
						</div>

				</div> <!--end of sidebar-->
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

CSS

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As expected I have errors. I know the base HTML and CSS from the sliced image is correct because that validates. I dont know where to start with these errors though. Is there a simpler way to handle the loop in 3.0, I feel like the problem is Im jumping into something that has way too many features for what I need so its twice as hard to trouble shoot.