Wordpress HACK - How to widgetize your theme!
Well, I had to widgetize my old theme today but it was pretty simple:
Make a file called functions.php in your theme directory. (if you don’t have one yet)
Add the following code and save the file:
if ( function_exists(’register_sidebar’) )
register_sidebar(array(
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘‘,
‘after_title’ => ‘‘,
));
?>
Then add the following anywhere you want to add dynamic widgets:
<?php if ( !function_exists(’dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
You can actually put your existing code within the if loop OR you can also put it before or after.
Since I didn’t want to widgetize all existing stuff, I simply put it after all my existing code in my sidebar.
You can also create multiple dynamic widget locations simply by add numbers to the code like this:
<?php if ( !function_exists(’dynamic_sidebar’)
|| !dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : ?><?php endif; ?>
Other Online Resources:
Widgetizing Themes by Automattic
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So that allows you to incorporate the widgets siderbar?
Yup, basically that’s what it does if your theme is old like mine OR simply doesn’t support widgets.