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[WORDPRESS] Change sidebar position.

by Hydroxide
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Hey warriors.
I got a WP theme and it contains two right sidebars.
Here it is
http://www.freewordpressthemes4u.com...o_dance_eve052

I was wondering how I can change one right sidebar to the left side..
How can I do this?

I would also like to change the brown content colour to white.. How can I make that possible?
Thanks!
#change #position #sidebar #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Marcus Johnston
    What program are you using to edit your WordPress template? You can't change it within WordPress itself can you? Otherwise you'll have to edit the PHP within a text editor or so to align your siderbar.php to the left side.
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  • Profile picture of the author marigot
    You will need to make your changes in the style sheet (style.css)

    Look for the section about sidebars - sometimes you just need to change the first sidebar from right to left - but other times, you need to change the main content. It depends on how the code was written.

    For the brown bar, you can change the brown color key to white (ffffff). But if it is a graphic, you will have to color the piece white in a program like paint or photoshop.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hydroxide
      Originally Posted by Marcus Johnston View Post

      What program are you using to edit your WordPress template? You can't change it within WordPress itself can you? Otherwise you'll have to edit the PHP within a text editor or so to align your siderbar.php to the left side.
      I'm not sure what program. Perhaps just a notepad to modify the files? I'm not an expert... Yeap, can't change it within Wordpress..

      I will try to experiment that up.

      Originally Posted by marigot View Post

      You will need to make your changes in the style sheet (style.css)

      Look for the section about sidebars - sometimes you just need to change the first sidebar from right to left - but other times, you need to change the main content. It depends on how the code was written.

      For the brown bar, you can change the brown color key to white (ffffff). But if it is a graphic, you will have to color the piece white in a program like paint or photoshop.
      This brown colour content box, which section can I change it?
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  • Profile picture of the author bondox
    You have to edit the div container for one of the sidebars to float to left and this can be done by locating the class name for the sidebar and editing it from the stylesheet.

    Hope this helps

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  • Profile picture of the author Hydroxide
    if someone could change the template for me, i would be really appreciated.. Coz im a dummy at this..
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  • Profile picture of the author marigot
    Let me know if anyone has changed it for you yet.

    I can do it in a few minutes, but you will have to PM your email address where I should send the file since I do not have enough posts yet to PM the file to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Use that theme ONLY if you like to have encoded links in the footer of your blog
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  • Profile picture of the author Diane S
    I discovered that if you install colorpicker on your browser, when you enable it, hovering over any part of a website will show you what the name of that section is, as listed in the css files. This has saved my arse many a time when I wanted to change a free theme to suit my needs. If I know what the theme calls each section, I can then search for that in the css file and change it.

    For example, if I enable colorpicker and then hover over this box where I am typing this message, I see "body.wysiwyg" down below.

    The colorpicker I use is Color Zilla for firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ag/colorpicker I couldn't live without it!
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    • Profile picture of the author Hydroxide
      Originally Posted by marigot View Post

      Let me know if anyone has changed it for you yet.

      I can do it in a few minutes, but you will have to PM your email address where I should send the file since I do not have enough posts yet to PM the file to you.
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      Use that theme ONLY if you like to have encoded links in the footer of your blog
      Originally Posted by Diane S View Post

      I discovered that if you install colorpicker on your browser, when you enable it, hovering over any part of a website will show you what the name of that section is, as listed in the css files. This has saved my arse many a time when I wanted to change a free theme to suit my needs. If I know what the theme calls each section, I can then search for that in the css file and change it.

      For example, if I enable colorpicker and then hover over this box where I am typing this message, I see "body.wysiwyg" down below.

      The colorpicker I use is Color Zilla for firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ag/colorpicker I couldn't live without it!
      i have pmed you. Thanks mate. Nah, its okay about the links, i dont mind, but thanks! Diana, that sounds cool.. Like me a dummy, can be an expert with that! Thanks all!
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