Default Widgets

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  jordanpayne2014 · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 7:48 am

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  I’m really sorry if this has been asked but I couldn’t find it on the forum.

  I’m trying to get rid of the default widgets on my pages without any widgets. I tried a blank text widget but then a box comes up with no words in it.

  On these specific pages I would just prefer nothing on the sides at all. Here is a url for one of them.
  http://jordanpayne.me/sample-lessons-2/green-screen/

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 8:53 am

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  If you put a blank text widget in, and then take it out, nothing is left.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 8:56 am

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  The theme you are using, Parament, unfortunately does not have a “Full-Width” Page template (despite the somewhat misleading description of the image Attachment page that appears when the Image Carousel is turned off).

  If having a full-width page is a must, then perhaps you should consider another theme that supports it. Start here: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/full-width-template/

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 8:59 am

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  @rain-if you do that, then the default set of widgets for Parament reappear in the sidebar (Recent Posts and Meta).

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  jordanpayne2014 · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 8:59 am

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  Thanks for your answers, that was a little confusing though.

  Does my theme stop me from having a page with no widgets on the side at all?

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 9:01 am

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  That is correct; there is no full-width page template available on Parament.

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  jordanpayne2014 · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 9:03 am

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  Thank you Jennifer, last question.

  Which of those available themes do you feel most closely resembles the Parament theme, if I was to change it that is?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 9:28 am

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  What? That’s insane. So there’s ONE theme that works differently from all the other themes here? I give up. I won’t be answering any more theme questions.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 9:36 am

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  @jordanpayne-sorry, no time to check for you. :) You can try out any theme using your content from your site’s Dashboard using the Customizer.

  @rain – I’m not aware that throwing in a blank text widget in a sidebar and then removing it does anything. Once you remove it, the theme’s default set of widgets take over. I don’t think Parament is the exception.

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  jordanpayne2014 · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 10:20 am

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  Thanks so much for all your help Jennifer, no worries !

  I decided I’m going to keep this theme because I really like it and just throw some short quotes on the pages I don’t want widgets on I think that will work.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 11:56 am

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  No, whenever you put something in the sidebar, it has always wiped out the prefab set of widgets. Then you can put more in or take it out and leave it empty.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 12, 2014 at 1:27 pm

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  “whenever you put something in the sidebar, it has always wiped out the prefab set of widgets”
  Correct.
  “Then you can put more in”
  Correct.
  “or take it out and leave it empty”
  Incorrect – and it’s the first time I see you saying this! No widgets added by the user equals prefab set. It’s always been so (except on themes that don’t have a prefab set, in which case no widgets added by the user equals no sidebar).