Setting the default sidebar

[irishmark]

I am using a child theme.

I have set up several sidebars for different uses.
Currently the default action is to set the sidebar to “no sidebar”.

The site I am working on has an archive of posts written over the last 2 years all of which now have no sidebar.

I want to achieve two things:
#1 I want to change all the previous posts to use “Sidebar 1”
#2 I want to set the default sidebar to be “Sidebar 1” so that all future posts will use that sidebar as standard with the option of changing it in the post meta box.

I originally asked this question here but the solution is no longer working for me:
http://themeforest.net/item/pinpoint-responsive-multipurpose-wp-theme/discussion/3760530?page=29&filter=All%20Discussion#comment_3868596

Examples can be seen here:
http://www.spiritradio.ie/surrendering-the-secret/
http://www.spiritradio.ie/rejoice-weve-won/

Samples where I have manually selected the sidebar:
http://www.spiritradio.ie/builing-429-still-number-1/
http://www.spiritradio.ie/google-community/

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

Hi Mark,

To set the default selection when you create a new post, you want to edit /includes/meta-boxes.php line 344:

'std'  => 'no-sidebars',

Then in single.php, above line 22 add:

if ($sidebar_config == "") {
$sidebar_config = "right-sidebar";
}

– Ed

[irishmark]

do I add this to my child theme or to my main theme?

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

Hi there,

This is within the main theme.

– Ed

[irishmark]

Hey Ed,

I’ve edited the following /includes/meta-boxes.php line 344 to:

‘std’ => ‘Sidebar-1’,

I have also added the lines above to the appropriate section of the single.php page.

Is there anything else I need to do to this to make it activate?
When I first did this it played ball but now suddenly it just wont do anything.
Each time I hit “new Post” in the dashboard I still get “no sidebars” by default.

Ideas?

[irishmark]

COuld it possibly be related to the fact that I’m using a child theme?

Currently child theme only consists of a different header.php & style.css file

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

The value should relate to one of the options from above, not a sidebar setting. So ‘right-sidebar for example.

– Ed

[irishmark]

Thanks for this Ed – It only took me 4 months to get there!

[Melanie – SUPPORT]

Great! 🙂