Frequently Asked Questions:

Can I customize the sidebar/footer area at the bottom of the blog? Can I add/remove “Meta” or “Pages” or “RSS” etc.?

Q: Can I customize the sidebar/footer area at the bottom of the blog? Can I add/remove “Meta” or “Pages” or “RSS” etc.? Can I remove the sidebar/footer area entirely?

A: You can customize the bottom area sidebar/footer in your WP admin area, under Design (’Presentation’ in WP 2.3 and earlier) –> Widgets. Drag and drop things into the the two sidebar areas shown to override the defaults. Click on the little buttons on the right side of the draggable chunks to see advanced options.

If you want to delete the sidebar/footer area entirely, in your Theme Editor, go through your template files (index.php, single.php, search.php, archive.php, category.php) and look for and DELETE the line of code (near the bottom) that says

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

If you ever want to put it back, just type that line in again in each template file, right ABOVE where it says

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Related Post: Customizing font and link colors in the footer/sidebar area

Questions? Instead of emailing for support, leave a comment below so everyone can benefit from any clarification.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 and is filed under Customizing ProPhoto, Frequently Asked Questions. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Can I customize the sidebar/footer area at the bottom of the blog? Can I add/remove “Meta” or “Pages” or “RSS” etc.?”

  1. On April 24th, 2008 at 4:20 pm Ganell said:

    How do you change the text/font color of the links and text in the footer/sidebar?

  2. On April 24th, 2008 at 7:36 pm Jared said:

    Ganell » in your Stylesheet, look for line 110 which says:

    div#sidebar_footer {
    background-color: #F0F0F0; /* bg color of footer-sidebar area */
    padding: 20px 0 10px 0; /* top, right, bottom, left padding */
    }

    add a line before the last “}” that says:

    color: #ff9900;

    Except use whatever six-digit code you want.

  3. On April 25th, 2008 at 6:41 am Ganell said:

    Thanks! That worked!

Leave a Reply