Right, I have been working with wordPress for a long time now. I was recently working on a WordPress theme and working on the sidebar. You know that Sidebar’s are widgitized so if you are looking for a quick way to add a sidebar widget follow this quick method.
if (function_exists("register_sidebar")) { register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'left-sidebar', 'before_widget' => '<div class="side-widget">', 'after_widget' => '</div>', 'before_title' => '<h2>', 'after_title' => '</h2>', )); }
Right, this code goes into the functions.php file of your active theme. This function adds a Widget in your theme.
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('left-sidebar') ) : ?> <!-- Add your stuff here --> <?php endif; ?>
The code above goes in your sidebar or your where you want to add the sidebar.
Cheers.