KathrynBassett

Yeah! It works now, thanks.

Thanks, and I think I figured out my problem (will know for sure when I finish uploading). When I copy/pasted from the temp folder I unzipped to, I copy/pasted the “root” files to my backup folder instead of my working folder (fortunately I also have a backup on external hard drive). I’ll post back in a few minutes.

the error you pasted suggests a file is missing, but I browsed to it on your site, and wp-load is where it ought to be.

Which is where? I was looking for it and don’t see it anyplace either on my computer or on the server so was figuring that it being missing is why I can’t update. While I wait for an answer on that one, I’ll go look at the link you gave.

2.3.2 and followed these instructions https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended – I’ve upgraded several other sites before but this is the first for awhile (they are all at 2.3.2 at present).

I had to solve my problem by going back to the default theme

Solved – I had to change back to the default theme to get the widgets to work

Solved – I had to change back to the default theme to get the widgets to work

I figures out how to change it back to default and everything is working now except the header image but I’ll start a new thread for that.

I don’t know how, and since this is almost identical to the WordPress default, I would think it should work.

Playing around after reading some other threads, I’m now working in the sidebar.php. Here’s the way it starts out when it shows the “old” sidebar.

<div id=”sidebar”>
<?php if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) register_sidebar(); ?>
<snip the rest since it’s the part that works>

Based on another thread I saw, I added this line:
<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
because it looks like in addition to registering, it also needs to call it??? In any case, when I put that in so that I have:

<div id=”sidebar”>
<?php if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) register_sidebar(); ?>
<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<snip the rest since it’s the part that works>

But when I look at the blog, where the sidebar is I get:
<b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected $end in <b>/home/altadena/www/www/wordpress/wp-content/themes/abc/sidebar.php</b> on line <b>76</b>

So I took it back out. Since the editor doesn’t show line numbers I don’t know what line 76 is, but in any case, it would be down in the area that currently works ok. – update. I opened it it Dreamweaver and line 76 seems to be the very end – the ending of the file is:

<li><a href="https://www.ads-software.com/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
				</ul>
				</li>
			<?php } ?>

		</ul>
	</div>

So, what next?

I’m using 2.3.1 and go to Presentations > Theme Editor, then click on functions.php (in my ABC theme). Just to be sure, I did a select all and deleted everything, then saved, then did a copy/paste from the code above in this thread, and saved again.

BTW, I’m no longer getting errors anyplace, it’s just that I’m not getting the new sidebar. When I go to Presentations > Widgets, I see Sidebar 1 and in it I have Flexo Archives, and Categories 1 and Meta – but in the blog itself, I’m still seeing my original sidebar.

Should I start a new thread since the errors are gone? Or just stick with this thread?

I double checked and there is nothing before the first <?php and nothing after the last ?> either. I put my cursor in both places and pressed backspace and delete as appropriate to make sure. Any other suggestions?

Per instructions I’d already seen, I eliminated everything in the functions.php file and have ONLY this in it:

<?php if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) register_sidebar(); ?>

That’s the point – if you look at the website, there are no line breaks in the paragraphs. So no, there are no line breaks except what WordPress is putting in. And in addition, copy/pasting is not holding the centering of paragraphs. Doing it the way I’ve been doing it using the html icon has worked for 7 years. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” but they’ve taken away the html icon and the new “code” view does not work the same. It shouldn’t be called code if it won’t save something as simple as paragraph and centering. I shouldn’t be forced to highlight and use the buttons. That’s not coding.

Sounds logical to me. We’ll check out your suggestions, thanks.