Why don't I have a "Main Sidebar" for my widgets?
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The only sidebar options I have are primary sidebar, secondary sidebar, and three footers. I dragged all of my widgets into the primary sidebar but they did not appear on my blog. When I looked at what I was doing wrong, I noticed I was supposed to have a main sidebar option to drag widgets to. How can I get a “Main Sidebar”?
Blog url: http://thelittletable.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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There are five layout choices are available for this theme. You will find the name of the theme in your footer is a link to the theme description for it here http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/adventure-journal/ There’s also a live demo site here > http://adventurejournaldemo.wordpress.com/
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Some of the newer themes are configurable and the front page can display in a number of ways. Is yours?
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Thanks for your help! @raincoaster My theme is the adventure journal so I’m not sure if it is new. @timethief I like the layout of the demo site but how do I get mine like that? It doesn’t do anything when I drag my widgets to the “Primary Sidebar”.
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If you cannot drag and drop then that sounds like browser issue to me. If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.
Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html
If you are, please do these four things:
1. Try clearing your browser’s cache http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050
2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies enabled http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/
3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.
4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/
If you are not successful let us know which browser (and version of it) you’re using and post any error reports you get.
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There are hits to be garnered by anyone who goes through the newer themes and gives instructions on how to set up your blog like that. LOTS of hits.
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I again thank you both for helping me! I’m new to this! @timethief I can drop the widgets into the Primary Sidebar and I thought I saved it. Everything looks like it should work in my dashboard. However, when I view my blog, the widgets aren’t there. There are individual save buttons in each of the widgets but no other save buttons. I tried saving each individual one as well and it still didn’t work. Can you give me a step by step to make sure I’m doing everything right? I really appreciate you helping me! :)
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Timethief has answered from the start: the theme has five different layouts. At the moment you’re using the no-sidebar layout. You go to Appearance > Theme Options and select one of the sidebar layouts.
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