Description: The default sidebar.

This template is included by:

• 404.php
• archive.php
• index.php
• page.php
• single.php

Template Code

	<div id="sidebar">
		<ul>
			<?php 	/* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
					if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>
			<li>
				<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>
			</li>

			<!-- Author information is disabled per default. Uncomment and fill in your details if you want to use it.
			<li><h2>Author</h2>
			<p>A little something about you, the author. Nothing lengthy, just an overview.</p>
			</li>
			-->

			<?php if ( is_404() || is_category() || is_day() || is_month() ||
						is_year() || is_search() || is_paged() ) {
			?> <li>

			<?php /* If this is a 404 page */ if (is_404()) { ?>
			<?php /* If this is a category archive */ } elseif (is_category()) { ?>
			<p>You are currently browsing the archives for the <?php single_cat_title(''); ?> category.</p>

			<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
			<p>You are currently browsing the <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php echo bloginfo('name'); ?></a> blog archives
			for the day <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y'); ?>.</p>

			<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
			<p>You are currently browsing the <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php echo bloginfo('name'); ?></a> blog archives
			for <?php the_time('F, Y'); ?>.</p>

			<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
			<p>You are currently browsing the <a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php echo bloginfo('name'); ?></a> blog archives
			for the year <?php the_time('Y'); ?>.</p>

			<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_search()) { ?>
			<p>You have searched the <a href="<?php echo bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php echo bloginfo('name'); ?></a> blog archives
			for <strong>'<?php the_search_query(); ?>'</strong>. If you are unable to find anything in these search results, you can try one of these links.</p>

			<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged'])) { ?>
			<p>You are currently browsing the <a href="<?php echo bloginfo('url'); ?>/"><?php echo bloginfo('name'); ?></a> blog archives.</p>

			<?php } ?>

			</li> <?php }?>

			<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>Pages</h2>' ); ?>

			<li><h2>Archives</h2>
				<ul>
				<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
				</ul>
			</li>

			<?php wp_list_categories('show_count=1&title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>

			<?php /* If this is the frontpage */ if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
				<?php wp_list_bookmarks(); ?>

				<li><h2>Meta</h2>
				<ul>
					<?php wp_register(); ?>
					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
					<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>
					<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>
					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>
					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
				</ul>
				</li>
			<?php } ?>

			<?php endif; ?>
		</ul>
	</div>

This template includes the following tags:

• bloginfo() is a WordPress function that displays information about your blog. Using various parameters, the function can display the following strings:
  • Blog title;
  • Blog tagline;
  • Administrator's email address;
  • Document content-type;
  • Document charset;
  • WordPress version;
  • Blog URL;
  • Pingback URL;
  • URL of the RSS 0.92, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, or Atom feed;
  • URL of the comments feed;
  • URL of the directory in which WordPress is installed;
  • URL of the current template's directory;
  • URL of the current style.css file;
  • URL of the stylesheet directory (deprecated)
• dynamic_sidebar() is a WordPress tag which creates the widgetized sidebar.
• is_404() is a conditional tag which returns true if an HTTP 404 error has occured.
• is_category() is a WordPress conditional tag which returns TRUE when a Category page is being displayed.
• is_day() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns true when a daily archive is being displayed.
• is_day() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns true when a daily archive is being displayed.
• is_home() is a conditional tag which returns true on the main blog page.
• is_month() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns true when a monthly archive is being displayed.
• is_page() is a Wordpress conditional tag that returns TRUE when a Page is being displayed.
• is_paged() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns TRUE when the page being displayed is "paged," as with an archive or the main page (but not a Post or Page divided into pages using the <!--nextpage--> QuickTag.
• is_search() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns TRUE when search results are being displayed.
• is_year() is a Wordpress conditional tag which returns true when a yearly archive is being displayed.
• single_cat_title() is a WordPress tag which displays or returns the category title for the current page.
• the_search_query() is a WordPress tag which displays the search query for the current request, if a search has been made.
• the_time() is a WordPress tag which displays the time of the current post. This tag must be used within The Loop.
• wp_get_archives() is a WordPress tag which displays a list of archives in chronological order. It replaces get_archives(), which has been deprecated.
• wp_list_bookmarks() is a WordPress tag which displays the blogroll.
• wp_list_categories() is a WordPress tag which displays a list of categories. It replaces the deprecated list_cats() and wp_list_cats().
• wp_list_pages() is a WordPress tag which displays a list of WordPress pages.
• wp_loginout() Displays a login or logout link, depending on whether the user is currently logged in.
• wp_meta is an Action Hook necessary for the functioning of some plugins.
• wp_register() is a WordPress tag which displays a "Register" or "Site Admin" link, depending on whether the user is logged in.

HTML Skeleton

<div id="sidebar">
	<ul>

		<li>
			[SEARCHFORM.PHP]
		</li>

    	<!-- Author information is disabled per default. Uncomment and fill in your details if you want to use it.
		<li>
			<h2>Author</h2>
			<p>A little something about you, the author. Nothing lengthy, just an overview.</p>
		</li>
		-->

		<li class="pagenav">
			<h2>Pages</h2>
			<ul>
				<li class="page_item page-item-[#]">[ITEM]
					<ul>
						<li class="page_item page-item-[#]">[ITEM]</li>
					</ul>
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>

		<li>
			<h2>Archives</h2>
			<ul>
				<li>[ITEM]</li>
			</ul>
		</li>

		<li class="categories">
			<h2>Categories</h2>
			<ul>
				<li class="cat-item cat-item-[#]">[ITEM]</li>
			</ul>
		</li>

		<li>
			<h2>Meta</h2>
			<ul>
				<li>[ITEM]</li>
			</ul>

	</ul>
</div>

Related CSS Styles

/* Begin Typography & Colors */

body {
	font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
	font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	background: #d5d6d7 url('images/kubrickbgcolor.jpg');
	color: #333;
	text-align: center;
}

#page {
	background-color: white;
	border: 1px solid #959596;
	text-align: left;
}

#sidebar h2 {
	font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Sans-Serif;
	font-size: 1.2em;
}

h2, h2 a, h2 a:hover, h2 a:visited, h3, h3 a, h3 a:hover, h3 a:visited, #sidebar h2, #wp-calendar caption, cite {
	text-decoration: none;
}

#sidebar {
	font: 1em 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

small, #sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li, .nocomments, .postmetadata, blockquote, strike {
	color: #777;
}

/* Begin Structure */

body {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#page {
	background-color: white;
	margin: 20px auto;
	padding: 0;
	width: 760px;
	border: 1px solid #959596;
}

/*	Begin Headers */

#sidebar h2 {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
}

/* Begin Form Elements */

#searchform {
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 5px 3px;
	text-align: center;
}

#sidebar #searchform #s {
	width: 108px;
	padding: 2px;
}

#sidebar #searchsubmit {
	padding: 1px;
}

/* Begin Lists */

.entry ul li:before, #sidebar ul ul li:before {
	content: "\00BB \0020";
}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#sidebar ul li {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
	margin: 5px 0 8px;
}

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 5px 0 0 10px;
}

#sidebar ul ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
}

ol li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	list-style: decimal outside;
}

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	margin: 3px 0 0;
	padding: 0;
}

/* Begin Sidebar */

#sidebar
{
	padding: 20px 0 10px 0;
	margin-left: 545px;
	width: 190px;
}

#sidebar form {
	margin: 0;
}

Resources

• N/A