http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing WordPress theme club support forums en-US Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:59:47 +0000 bbpress 1.0.2 q http://themehybrid.com/support/search.php http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-26887 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:54:09 +0000 Theophile 26887@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>Thx Justin, i had this problem for my header, but now it works again :) </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-25429 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:38:33 +0000 donna 25429@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>The issue I'm experiencing is my widgets disappearing after using the hybrid themes. The categories widget is now not in the widget list.</p> <p>I used hybrid (0.5 -&gt; 0.6) on my site with the Leviathan child theme and hybrid tabs. Now I have switched to a different theme. I deactivated hybrid tabs plugin and when I tried to add the widgets back in the sidebar 'Categories' wasn't there. I have checked with the default WP theme, same problem. If I switch back to the hydrid (no child theme just Hybrid 0.6) I see the categories widget (but it says "Advanced widget..." in the description, so not sure if that's the stock standard Categories or not). I've had problems all along with hybrid and child themes when it comes to the widgets. Whenever I have switched to another theme the widgets in use with hybrid are not freed up to be available in for the new theme and they don't appear by default (even if they were only in the Primary widget area). </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23925 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:40:54 +0000 Justin Tadlock 23925@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>@Warwell</p> <p>As I've asked, please post your questions in a new topic. Once you do that, we can talk about any issues you have. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23924 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0000 Warwell 23924@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>news - unzipped folder once, postfixed "folder" by itself - unzipped again, no post fix, theme working better. But still no widgets showing in admin. Maybe it's a different issue, but "Widget area not showing?" sounds about right to me...</p> <p>Please have a look at this screen shot of the side bar in admin&gt;appearance&gt;widgets : <a href="http://www.naturesorganicskincare.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/adminSidebarScreenShot.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.naturesorganicskincare.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/adminSidebarScreenShot.jpg</a></p> <p>I've also reunzipped and uploaded hybrid - the main one.</p> <p>Thanks for your time Justin. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23910 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:20:08 +0000 Justin Tadlock 23910@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>@Warwell</p> <p>This post is about a missing widget area in older versions of Hybrid News. Please open a new topic if you have questions about other things.</p> <p>Also, you need to change the name of your theme folder back to <code>hybrid-news</code>. I'm not sure why you've changed it to <code>hybrid-news Folder</code>. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23909 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:17:17 +0000 Warwell 23909@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>When I look at Widgets in admin - all that shows is the box's title like "tertiary" and then no content below in any of the boxes. I imagine this is supposed to show <em>something</em>? </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23907 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:13:31 +0000 Warwell 23907@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>This fix doesn't work for me - in fact the changes are already made in the version of News I downloaded. </p> <p>My front page doesn't show all the cool sh$t that I want with the slider, blah blah blah</p> <p>Very frustrating, I just paid $25 to see the contents of this post. Please help. </p> <p>Running 2.8.1</p> <p><a href="http://www.naturesorganicskincare.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.naturesorganicskincare.com</a></p> <p>I created a page titled Home, chose Front page as the template, nothing works. I just want the News site to look like everyone elses for now. Thanks. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23177 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:53:29 +0000 Justin Tadlock 23177@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>@Drex</p> <p>You need to upgrade to WordPress 2.8. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-23176 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:43:26 +0000 Drex 23176@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>Justin,<br /> My error reads:</p> <p>Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_active_sidebar() in /home4/sbabgorg/public_html/wp-content/themes/hybrid-news/functions.php on line 109 </p> <p>I went to to line 109, and found that the above suggestions were already incorporated into the version I downloaded . . . so I'm not sure what to try next.</p> <p>Any suggestions for me?</p> <p><a href="http://www.sbabg.org/wp-content/themes/hybrid-news/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sbabg.org/wp-content/themes/hybrid-news/</a></p> <p>Thanks </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22749 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:57:09 +0000 dadun 22749@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>Thanks Justin that fixed it. You rock!! </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22706 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:29:53 +0000 Justin Tadlock 22706@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>@dadun</p> <p>Your widget areas are fine. You should see this thread:<br /> <a href="http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/fatal-error-on-front-page" rel="nofollow">http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/fatal-error-on-front-page</a> </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22692 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:46:59 +0000 dadun 22692@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>Yes I did. But bieng a new to coding let me ask this, I changed</p> <p>but I didn't change<br /> ...should I change this line to match the above line?</p> <p>The site is <a href="http://www.homebusinessprivate-eye.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebusinessprivate-eye.com</a></p> <p>thanks </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22667 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:43:36 +0000 Justin Tadlock 22667@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>@dadun</p> <p>Link to your site? Did you make the changes mentioned in this thread? </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22665 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:03:47 +0000 dadun 22665@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>Ok my issue is that i get no widgets only on the Front Page template. Every other page presents fine. What do I have to do to correct that. BTW, running 'hybid news' theme. </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22532 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:11:05 +0000 Ipstenu 22532@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>This worked! Mine is at <code>if( is_active_sidebar( &#39;utilityheader&#39; ) &#38;&#38; !is_page_template(&#39;no-widgets.php&#39;)) :</code> but I was able to find it pretty fast. Thank you, Justin! </p> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22513 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:04:50 +0000 Justin Tadlock 22513@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p><strong>Hybrid News: "Utility: Header"</strong></p> <p>Find this line in your <code>functions.php</code>:</p> <pre><code>if ( is_sidebar_active( __(&#39;Utility: Header&#39;, &#39;news&#39;) ) ) :</code></pre> <p>Change it to:</p> <pre><code>if ( is_active_sidebar( &#39;utilityheader&#39; ) ) :</code></pre> <p><strong>Hybrid News: "Tertiary"</strong></p> <p>Find this line in your <code>functions.php</code>:</p> <pre><code>if ( is_sidebar_active( __(&#39;Tertiary&#39;, &#39;news&#39;) ) ) :</code></pre> <p>Change it to:</p> <pre><code>if ( is_active_sidebar( &#39;tertiary&#39; ) ) :</code></pre> http://themehybrid.com/support/topic/widget-area-not-showing#post-22512 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:03:49 +0000 Justin Tadlock 22512@http://themehybrid.com/support/ <p>With the new WordPress (2.8) widget API and a major theme update (Hybrid 0.6), there's bound to be a problem here or there.</p> <p>This isn't a <em>Hybrid</em> bug though, but a child theme bug. It's just not recognizable until you've upgraded.</p> <p>The biggest issue anyone might run into is with widget areas in child themes. WordPress introduced a new function called <code>is_active_sidebar()</code>, which is very similar to <em>Hybrid's</em> own <code>is_sidebar_active()</code>. I've already reported one bug with the WordPress function on Trac that'll be fixed in 2.8.1, but it's nothing major.</p> <p><strong>So, what's the problem?</strong></p> <p>First, I want to say this is entirely my fault because I should've used IDs instead of Names when coding stuff in some of the child themes.</p> <p>Some child themes might not be showing widgets within additional widget areas. The <em>Hybrid</em> theme widget areas work fine.</p> <p>I'm going to list each child theme below in this topic with fixes if you run into this problem. I'm fairly certain you may only run into this issue with <em>Hybrid News</em> and probably only with the <em>Utility: Header</em> widget area. </p>