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How do I edit a Wordpress theme to look the way I want?

by Mike Murphy
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I've installed Church Theme on my blog at immikemurphy.com after seeing a couple of guys that I know using it.

One is marklyford.com and the other is using Chrome Theme bradgosse.com but I don't get how to move the different widgets around so I can put things where I want them.

On the first site, I gather that he's added a text module on the top right and then put HTML in to get his smiling mug and opt in box.

Wordpress is supposed to be easy and flexible so I must just be making it harder than it is.

I could just outsource having this done but $$ are tight and it would be nice to know this info anyway.

Thanks
Mike
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  • Profile picture of the author DarkLour
    You have gone to the admin-appearance-widgets area and tried moving things around? yoursite.com/wp-admin/widgets.php ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Murphy
      Yep. I've added in one of each widget to see where it winds up and deleted them all to see what's left behind. Looks like what I don't get is how to relocated some of them.

      Say you have two columns side by side at the top and one big one below and you want to reverse the two so the two columns are under the single large one....that's where I'm not getting it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Aristocratic
        Originally Posted by Mike Murphy View Post

        Yep. I've added in one of each widget to see where it winds up and deleted them all to see what's left behind. Looks like what I don't get is how to relocated some of them.

        Say you have two columns side by side at the top and one big one below and you want to reverse the two so the two columns are under the single large one....that's where I'm not getting it.

        Got to your sidebar.php file and find this:

        PHP Code:
            <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_left.php");?>
            
            <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_right.php");?>
        Cut it.

        Go up to the top some to where you see this code:
        PHP Code:
            </div>
            
            <ul id="sidebarwidgeted">
            
            <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>
        It's right below the area that you are supposed to put your adsense block in.

        Now paste the bit of code that you cut earlier right after the /div code:

        PHP Code:
            </div>
               <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_left.php");?>
           
            <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_right.php");?>
            <ul id="sidebarwidgeted">
            
            <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>
        Save. Now you will have the side by side sidebars on top of the large sidebar.


        edited to add: the theme already starts with the large one on top and the two little below so I assumed you were asking for the reverse when you were asking for help; if you want a different change, let me know.
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