Missing widgets

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 3:39 am

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  Hi,

  I just started a new blog for a client in Twenty-ten and the widgets won’t appear. I’ve read previous posters problems with this issue, but the solutions don’t seem to apply since I haven’t changed themes. Any thoughts?

  Thanks,

  Natalie

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 3:52 am

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  What widgets do you have on your Widget page in the sidebar?

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 3:55 am

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  So far, just image, follow blog, tag cloud and recent posts. The second two obviously might not work until there are posts, but shouldn’t the image and the follow blog appear?
  Thanks.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 3:58 am

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  If I were you, I would make a post and see what happened.

  Also that theme has different layout choices. Be sure you’ve chosen one with a sidebar.

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:22 am

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  Thank you so much for your suggestions. The layout is set to have a sidebar on the right, and the test post didn’t make the widgets appear either.

  I wondered if it had something to do with my setting the home page to a static page, but I switched it back just to see if the widgets would appear, and they didn’t. Gah!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:24 am

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  Correction: I see the widget on your blog page http://northokanaganinvestigations.wordpress.com/blog/

  What’s happening is that theme doesn’t display widgets on static pages or on individual post pages.

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:26 am

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  Aaah. It’s all coming together. I really appreciate your help. Thank you.

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  justpi · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:27 am

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  It’s 2011, not 2010, and it can display the sidebar on static pages.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:28 am

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  Well it isn’t doing that. Why?

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:42 am

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  Indeed. What gives?

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  northokanaganinvestigations · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:50 am

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  I did just adjust something on the ‘Readings Settings’ page. In addition to Front page displays,
  A static page,
  Front page: Welcome,

  I also checked
  Posts page: blog.

  Before that change, the blog page wouldn’t show the widgets either.

  Soo..what should I do?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 5:59 am

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  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/

  I’m afraid I’m at my limit, not knowing much about themes. I cannot see what else to do here.

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  justpi · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 6:00 am

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  Sorry, if you cannot tell which theme you’re using, don’t know how it works, and cannot look up the available resources to find out, you have no business setting up a blog for a client.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 27, 2012 at 6:08 am

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  The widgets appear on the blog page, which is how the Twenty Eleven theme is designed: http://northokanaganinvestigations.wordpress.com/blog/

  Widgets do not appear on static pages, like your Welcome page unless the Sidebar page template is chosen.

  To do that, edit the page, and choose Sidebar Template from the Template drop-down menu in the Page Attributes box to the right.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2012 at 6:15 am

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  I thought we’d already covered that?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 27, 2012 at 6:20 am

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  Not really, it was suggested that it could, but not how. ;)