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kentuckyhiker

I want to put together a Wordpress theme where I don't use the traditional sidebar but rather give each post it's own 'sidebar' where I put links related to that particular post. Anyone know how to do this? Has it been done elsewhere?

toby

A quick google search for 'related posts widget' should sort you out. Here's one...

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/

You'll need to create an extra sidebar module to use the widget only in single.php. Here's the easy way....

Add this to your functions.php file.

if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar(array('name'=>'related',
        'before_widget' => '<li id=\"%1$s\" class=\"widget %2$s\">',
        'after_widget' => '</li>',
        'before_title' => '<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));

then add this to single.php where you want the widget to appear.

<ul>
	<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
	|| !dynamic_sidebar('related') ) : ?>
	<?php endif; ?>
</ul>

Choose 'related' from the drop down menu in Themes->Appearance->Widgets and add the 'related posts' widget to that sidebar module.

Sorted!

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