Widgets not showing in sidebar using Columnist theme

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 11:30 am

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  Hi, I’ve just set up a new blog in WordPress, been blogging for yonks in Blogger but thought I’d give this a go.

  I’m using Columnist and my widgets aren’t showing. I’ve tried posting more than one post, clearing my cache and enabling all five options under visibility for each widget. If I need to tweak the html in the template I can do that as I can do html.

  Any help grateful. Here’s the blog: Twirl

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

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 11:54 am

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  Aha, found a thread that asks the same question, now closed.

  Unfortunately, despite the fact that Columnist only displays sidebars on individual pages, it isn’t doing so on mine…

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  justpi · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 12:03 pm

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  Your widgets are showing. The labels “Sidebar 1/2/3/4” in Appearance > Widgets are wrong: The Columnist has footer widget areas, not sidebars.

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 12:11 pm

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  I still can’t seem them justpi, either in the footer of individual pages or on the home page. Would you do a screen shot to show me what they’re looking like at your end?

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  justpi · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 2:36 pm

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  The main posts page doesn’t display widgets. You’ve got 2 widgets on the single post view and 8 widgets on static pages. If you’re not seeing them, clear your browser’s cache.

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 5, 2013 at 5:25 pm

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  Justpi, thanks for taking the trouble to answer and help :) Would you take a screenshot of a static page with the 8 widgets showing? I’ve already cleared the cache as I stated in my OP and can’t see any widgets on any pages anywhere…

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 6, 2013 at 10:30 am

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  Has anyone else got any ideas on this? I can’t see my widgets in the footer…please help!

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 6, 2013 at 10:39 am

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  I had a light bulb moment and I’ve sorted it out myself. Nothing to do with the cache. Nothing to do with the visibility drop down boxes. It was because I hadn’t added a title in the title box. So the widgets *were not* showing before, but now they are. Adding this in case anyone else has the same problem.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 6, 2013 at 1:30 pm

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  Sorry, you’re wrong. First, widget titles are optional: the widgets work perfectly alright when untitled. Second, if your widgets were not showing before, how come I could see them and count them?

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  judecalverttoulmin · Member · Jul 6, 2013 at 2:20 pm

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  First, all I can say is they weren’t working at my end either logged in or out, until I added titles. I have no idea why that is. Second, I haven’t got a clue, sorry. Anyway, thanks for all your help, problem solved :)