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How can i make my wordpress template..... widget aware?

I had a HemingwayEx wordpress skin installed on my blog at www.trimaxs.com/blog

i used to be able to edit the "presentation" widgets ( moving widget back and forth ), but not anymore

Now it's saying:

No Sidebars Defined

You are seeing this message because the theme you are currently using isnt widget-aware, meaning that it has no sidebars that you are able to change. For information on making your theme widget-aware, please follow these instructions.

I've gone to the website but i can't figure it out myself ( i'm just basic html user )

as i understand it, i need to add a code somewhere

can someone help? do i need to copy paste the template's css? here's my index.php for the blog

<?php get_header(); ?>
 
 
	<div id="primary" class="twocol-stories">
		<div class="inside">
			<?php
				// Here is the call to only make two posts show up on the homepage REGARDLESS of your options in the control panel
				$category_id = $hemingwayEx->get_asides_category_id();
				is_null($category_id) ? query_posts('showposts=2') : query_posts('showposts=2&cat=-' . $category_id);
			?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
				<?php $first = true; ?>
				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<div class="story<?php if($first == true) echo " first" ?>">
						<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
						<?php $hemingwayEx->excerpt() ?><span class="read-on"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">read on</a></span>
						<div class="details">
							<?php echo _('Posted at') ?> <?php the_time('ga \o\n ' . $hemingwayEx->date_format(true) . '/y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('no comments', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?> | Filed Under: <?php the_category(', ') ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<?php $first = false; ?>
				<?php endwhile; ?>
		</div>
				
			<?php else : ?>
		
				<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
				<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
				<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
		
			<?php endif; ?>
				
			<div class="clear"></div>
	</div>
	<!-- [END] #primary -->
 
 
 
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 
<?php get_footer(); ?>

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andrewmilo

Actually, you want to do this in your sidebar.php file, not the main file.

You can read more here:

http://automattic.com/code/widgets/themes/

Essentially, you need to need to add something like this:

<ul id="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
        || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
 <li id="about">
  <h2>About</h2>
  <p>This is my blog.</p>
 </li>
 <li id="links">
  <h2>Links</h2>
  <ul>
   <li><a href="http://example.com">Example</a></li>
  </ul>
 </li>
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>

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trimaxs

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hi there, i've opened the sidebar.php and it only has the following code

<?php
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/dynamic_bottombar.php'); 
 
// If you want to ignore the Theme Options handling of the sidebar and just do it yourself
// Use this one instead of the above
// include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/static_sidebar.php'); 
?>

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trimaxs

ASKER

i've read the blog you mentioned and is aware that the following line:

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
|| !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

should be used. But i'm just not sure where to put it.

I think i've edited the blog, but only to add google analytics code.

Currently in the process of downloading the latest hemingwayex template and will try to replace the existing one

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