11 November 2009 No Comment

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Once installed Thesis theme on my blog cabinrentalsideas.com the second step was to create and modify the sidebar.

Fortunatly Thesis provides a simple and effective way for implementing sidebars on your website with the use of options, syntax, and widgets.

Once you have logged into your WordPress dashboard, go to the left-hand sidebar to Appearance/Design Options. Ok, now you should see Site Layout options in the second column as displayed below:

Now, to choose the type of layout that you want, all you need to do is select between 1, 2, or 3 columns on the scroll bar. In my site I’ve leave 3 column, but I’m thinking to select 2 column. Of course, you also need to specify the order and width for your column as in the images above and below.

Ok, once done, the next step is to customize your sidebars, for instance by add some piece of text.

How To Add Text On Your Sidebar

To customize your sidebar you need to go on custom folder, then open up  the file custom_functions.php file. Here, you can add the script necessary to personalize your sidebar.

Here, I’ve put an example of the script:

/* CUSTOM SIDEBAR TEMPLATE */

function custom_sidebar_01() {
if (is_page(‘press’) || is_page(’512′)) { ?>

<div id=”content”>
<div class=”post_box”>
<div class=”headline_area”>
<h2>Your Headline</h2>
</div>
…This is where your content goes…
</div>
</div>
<div id=”sidebars”>
<?php thesis_build_sidebars(); ?>
</div>

<?php } }

remove_action(‘thesis_hook_custom_template’, ‘thesis_custom_template_sample’);
add_action(‘thesis_hook_custom_template’, ‘custom_sidebar_01′);

That it! As you see Thesis provides all necessary to make your sidebars how like you. I hope you found this article helpful for your Thesis theme.