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Widgets not appearing in 'your-wordpress-theme'

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  • Started 3 years ago by futureimperfect
  • Latest reply from alex456
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  1. futureimperfect
    Member

    Hey everyone,

    I seem to be having some trouble getting widgets to appear using 'your-wordpress-theme' from the tutorial on themeshaper.com. Just to make sure that it wasn't something I modified that was causing it I downloaded a fresh copy of the project from Google Code, and am having the exact same issue. I'm using CSSEdit on the Mac and can see #primary.widget-area and #secondary.widget-area, but the widgets are nowhere to be found, (I do see, however, two bullet points which I'm sure are being generated by the ul tags). The widgets are active in the WordPress admin page, too. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for any insight on this issue.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. flick
    Member

    Any chance of seeing a link please?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. futureimperfect
    Member

    I'm working locally on my Mac using MAMP. I suppose I could install another copy of WordPress on my web server if that would help...

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. flick
    Member

    @futureimperfect: For some reason I thought this was a Thematic post. Apologies. Anyway, according to the tutorial, leaving the widgets out should default back to the pre-set widgets. Is that what you see with your setup as well?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. futureimperfect
    Member

    In the admin page it's showing that the default widgets are active, yet they don't appear when viewed in a browser. As a matter of fact, when I view the source I see no reference to the widgets, so I'm assuming it's not related to the CSS.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  6. flick
    Member

    @futureimperfect: I can replicate the problem as well actually (after installing it locally) and it seems this applies to quite a few others

    The solution was surprisingly simple:

    We should remove the ! from the condition which checks whether $_GET is set or not.

    This is found in functions.php on Line 91.

    A two step approach is given by here.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  7. futureimperfect
    Member

    @flick Thanks a lot. This worked just fine.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  8. flick
    Member

    @futureimperfect: Glad someone posted the solution! Bit of a learning curve for me as well.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  9. hirschid
    Member

    I must be missing something about this fix.

    I'm working with WP v. 2.9.2 and have searched my old version of Thematic and the version I downloaded today, 0.9.6.2, and cannot find the string $_GET in thematic/functions.php.

    Activating the new Thematic theme did not fix the problem. Removing widgets then adding them back did not work. Resetting widgets did not work. If I remove all widgets, it does not default to pre-set widgets.

    Any help?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  10. flick
    Member

    @hirschid: This fix relates to the "Ultimate Theme Tutorial" by Ian Stewart.

    http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/

    Posted 3 years ago #

  11. hirschid
    Member

    @flick: Thanks for the info. I'll keep looking to see if there's a solution to my issue.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  12. flick
    Member

    @hirschid: Maybe worth making your own thread in the Thematic forum :)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  13. Chris
    Moderator

    Hi,

    switch to a different non-Thematic theme and back to your child theme. Go back to the widget section and there you should see the pre-set widgets.

    Chris

    Posted 3 years ago #

  14. alex456
    Member

    You should try using a widget manager it makes widget placement and themes much easier to work with. The best one I have found is Total Widget Control.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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