second sidebar on the right

[Wiktor Wolczaski]

Hi Bill, is there a way to add a second sidebar on the right?
The theme is great, very pleasant to the eye.

[Bill Robbins]

Good Morning Wiktor,

Excellent question. I experimented with this a bit this morning to see what I could come up with for you. I believe you could add a small sidebar to the right hand side. What would work best is one that has space for about one widget. You could fix it in place either at the top of the screen on the right, the middle on the right or the bottom on the right. Beyond that, it just doesn’t work well with the layout as it is. The widgets end up in odd locations.

If that’s in line with what you have in mind, let me know and we’ll go from there.

Thanks,
Bill

[Wiktor Wolczaski]

I am very interested!

[Bill Robbins]

Here’s how I would go about that:

1. Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress dashboard and choose Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose footer.php
3. Replace all the code there with this:

   
   (Be sure to copy that directly from the support site and not the notification email).

4. Save your changes.
5. Next edit the functions.php file. Scroll down to the very bottom and add this:

   and save your changes.

6. Lastly go to your theme options page and choose the Advanced tab.
7. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and add this:

   
   #right-sidebar {
   	padding: 20px 20px 0;
   	color: #fff;
   	background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
   	box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
   }
   
   #right-sidebar .widget:last-of-type {
   	margin-bottom: 0;
   }
   
   @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
   
   	#right-sidebar {
   		position: fixed;
   		right: 0;
   		top: 20%;
   		width: 160px;
   	}
   
   }
   

8. Update your settings.

See how that works out for you.

Let me know if you run into any trouble,
Bill

[Wiktor Wolczaski]

Thanks, I’ll give it a go!

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