I am developing this WordPress custom theme: http://onofri.org/WP_BootStrap and I am trying to insert a widget area under the Partner e Sostenitori section, but can’t work.
I have performed the following operations:
1) I have put the following code into the functions.php theme file:
/**
* Register our sidebars and widgetized areas.
*
*/
function arphabet_widgets_init() {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'My_Widgtet_Area',
'id' => 'partner-slide',
'before_widget' => '<div>',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h2 class="rounded">',
'after_title' => '</h2>',
));
}
add_action('widgets_init', 'arphabet_widgets_init');
As you can see the name of the widgetized area is My_Widgtet_Area
2) Then I have insert the following code into my index.php file to show the widgets in the desired positions:
<section id="partnerSlide">
<header class="header-sezione">
<h2>Partner e Sostenitori</h2>
</header>
<div class="row">
<?php
// 'My_Widgtet_Area' area, where the id is called:
if (is_active_sidebar( 'My_Widgtet_Area' ) ) : ?>
<div id="widget-sidebar">
<ul>
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'My_Widgtet_Area' ); ?>
</ul>
</div><!-- #widget-sidebar .widget-area -->
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</section>
3) Then I entered in the WP administration panel and into the Appearance —> Widget section I have the My_Widget_Area “box” where I can drag the widgets in my wordpress installation. So I put in it some widget (as the Calendar and the Search wigets) to try it
The problem is that, as you can see in the previous link, the Partner e Sostenitori text is written but there is no widget displayed in my page.
Why? What am I missing? How can I solve this problem?
Tnx
Andrea
You’re using the widget name and not i.d which is why it isn’t working.
Change this:
To this:
The i.d in the template tag immediately above should match the i.d you use to register the widget in your functions file which in this case is
partner-slide
That’s one obvious problem and there may be others however you should follow the Codex as it provides working examples with related links http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar