Sidebar elements not showing up

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  infinityapproved · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 5:34 pm

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  I have the Baskerville theme, and in the settings I added widgets to the sidebar because they wouldn’t show up in customization. How do I get it to work?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 6:40 pm

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  Hi,

  My tests confirmed that, with the Baskerville theme activated, the Sidebar widget area does not appear at Customize > Widgets. Also, at Customize > Widgets, the widgets in Footer B display, but not those in Footer A or Footer C.
  Summary of unexpected results detected at Customize > Widgets (Baskerville theme):
  1. At Footer A, or Footer B, the widgets added at Appearance > Widgets do not display.
  2. At Footer A, the only options are “Reorder” or “Add a Widget.”
  3. At Footer B, the only option is “Add a Widget.”
  4. The Sidebar widget area does not appear. Whether or not it has previously been populated at Appearance > Widgets, it will not appear at Customize > Widgets.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 6:41 pm

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  I’ve tagged the topic for staff attention.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 6:42 pm

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  Correction:
  1. At Footer A, or Footer C, the widgets added at Appearance > Widgets do not display.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 6:43 pm

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  Correction:
  3. At Footer C, the only option is “Add a Widget.”

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 7, 2015 at 11:28 pm

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  Hi folks, can you try one of these things?

  – View an individual post, then go to My Site > Customize

  OR

  – From the customizer, click on an individual post; note whether the Sidebar option appears

  The sidebar option appears while you’re viewing an individual post or page because those templates support a sidebar.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 7, 2015 at 11:52 pm

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  @ supernovia,

  Hi. Yes, that works. Thank you! And it gives me one more reason not to use Customize for widgets.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 12:07 am

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  I noticed, also, that Footer C is now displaying correctly at Customize, though the contents of Footer A are still not showing, just the “Reorder” link and the “Add a Widget” button (as previously).

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  infinityapproved · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 12:12 am

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  Mine still isn’t showing up. It says in the WP admin that I have sidebar widgets, but on my actual site it isn’t coming up.

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 8, 2015 at 2:26 pm

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  @infinityapproved can you open an individual post and tell me whether you see the sidebar there? I see a calendar and a subscription widget.

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  infinityapproved · Member · Sep 9, 2015 at 12:59 am

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  I see it now in individual posts, but how do I get it on the main page where all the posts are visible.

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 9, 2015 at 2:27 am

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  This theme was not designed with a sidebar on the front page. You can see the demo here:
  https://baskervilledemo.wordpress.com/

  This is why you’re unable to see the Sidebar options while previewing the front page — the front page does not support sidebars.