How to widgetize your Wordpress theme

Ever download a free Wordpress theme and try to use a widget and it doesn’t work?  This should help.

1. From the admin page click on design, then theme editor.
2. Click on sidbar
3. Add the line “<?php if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>” after the first <ul>
4. Then, put the line “<?php endif; ?>” before the ending </ul>

 Once this is done only the widgets that are added to the sidebar should show up.  If there are additional widgets on your sidebar then something isn’t working correctly.

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