move footer to sidebar

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  nancyvalko · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 7:47 am

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  I would like to make my footer a sidebar or move it to the top of the page. I am using the kelly theme.

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  honnbe · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 1:56 pm

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  Hi nancyvlko,

  The Kelly theme is a one column theme and does not provide the option of a side bar.

  Probably your best option would be to look for a theme that already has a sidebar option.

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  honnbe · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 2:03 pm

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  Clarification: The Kelly theme does support sidebars, however they are all in the footer.

  I multi column theme might meet your need better. Alternatively, you could put all the information you want into a post and make that post sticky so it would stay at the top.

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  nancyvalko · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 2:18 pm

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  Thanks for the info, even though it is disappointing since I like the Kelly theme a lot except for the lack of an option for a sidebar or header.
  Is there a better theme for a blogsite with a sidebar than the Kelly one?
  And, if I change themes, what happens to the pages I already posted?

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  honnbe · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 2:52 pm

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  Changing themes will not delete any of your pages.
  Here are a couple of themes you might like:

  https://wordpress.com/themes/search/sela/ This one is nice. Can change the colors.
  https://wordpress.com/themes/wpinsites.wordpress.com/big-brother/ Only one side bar. Can change the colors.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm

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  re: locating and browsing free 2 column themes
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/left-sidebar/?sort=free
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/right-sidebar/?sort=free

  re: changing themes
  Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

  Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/cerauno/
  https://ceraunodemo.wordpress.com/

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  nancyvalko · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 5:44 pm

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  Thank you!