Sidebar Widgets not in Presentation menu

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  noobiedoobiedo · Member · Mar 7, 2007 at 6:20 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m using WordPress 2.1.1 and I’m trying to use a few widgets.

  I’ve tried to use 3 different widgets with 3 different widget-ready themes (including the default theme) but it doesn’t work.

  After I enable the widgets when I check the presentation menu there is no sidebar widgets tab.

  I think this is a wordpress problem. I’ve seen several discussions about this issue with no resolution.

  I noticed there was no “widget” folder – I had to create one. I noticed someone else w/a similar problem didn’t have a widgets folder either.

  It doesn’t matter if I put the widget in the /plugins/ folder or /plugins/widgets folder. After I activate them I never see a Sidebar Widgets button inside of the Presentation menu.

  I’ve even tried adding the following thing to my funtions.php file since it was MISSING it for the default theme :

  <?php
  if (function_exists(‘register_sidebars’)) {
  register_sidebar();
  }
  ?>

  However this doesn’t help either.

  Long story short – no matter what theme I’ve used or what plugin I’ve tried Widgets refuse to work.

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  drmike · Member · Mar 7, 2007 at 6:24 pm

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  Greets:

  You’re at the wrong site I’m afraid. You need to be over at http://wordpress.org These forums are for those blogs hosted here at wp.com as we’re running different software.

  Quick aside though: Did you install the widget plugin?

  Good luck,
  -drmike

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  noobiedoobiedo · Member · Mar 7, 2007 at 6:38 pm

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  Hi

  Sorry for the troubles. Your solution worked.

  You’d think after 30 minutes of reading someone would have mentioned that this needs to be installed and enabled.

  Works fine now.

  Thanks