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aarongmoore

Alright, I am working on a new layout for my personal webpage. I use WordPress for content management. I'd like to include a sidebar with some information, links to social sites like twitter and perhaps a book recommend image (sort of like: http://srobbin.com/).

An example of the kind of sidebar I'm thinking of is: http://www.thefoxisblack.com/

What is the best way to do this? In the past, before I used wordpress, I would include the information in the html of the site. I'd like to be able to edit the content in the sidebar via wordpress. Is it possible to create a specific page in wordpress and code the template to have that page displayed on other pages and entries? I searched around for a tutorial on this but haven't found anything. Any help would be great. Thanks!

SgtLegend

WordPress comes with a feature called widgets which are simple to use to say the least, see the below two links which explain how to use and create them.

http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes

aarongmoore

If I want to use the widgets to put content into my sidebar, do I simply inset the following code where I want the widgets to appear?


<div id="sidebar">
<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
        || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

Is there anything else I'd need to include? Is it necessary to use a sidebar.php file?

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