Creating Multi-Column Wordpress Themes : WPThemeBuilder

Wordpress Theme Generator also provides you a way to add more sidebars to your themes. You can create up to 3 column template by using WPThemeBuilder.

How to add additional sidebar to theme viewport

1. Additional sidebars always inherit their style from the main sidebar styles.
2. Additional Sidebar is always wigetized. That means you can add/remove widgets to additional sidebars from WP-Admin –> Appearance –> Widgets page.
3. To create an additional Sidebar, click on Addons tab in WPThemeBuilder.
4. Click on Insert New Sidebar and a pop-up window will be opened.

   

5. Enter the width of your new sidebar
6. Select the position of your sidebar, left or right
7. Enter any aditional CSS code if needed. In above example I have moved the additional sidebar 5 px from left and right.
8. Click on ADD Sidebar Button.

Few Examples

Final Note:

Additional Sidebar is always widgetized. You can not add/remove widgets in it from ThemeBuilder but you can totally control it from WP-Admin. Additional Sidebar is always named as aditional_sidebar in Wordpress Widgets page.

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