hintsandtips :: Blog :: Customising your sidebar

We are in the process of building a sidebar manager but in the meantime if you are looking to add some content to your sidebar here is how you can do it. It is a little bit of a pain but will work if you want to try it out.

To add content: 

1. Click on account settings -> Change theme.
2. Create a new theme based on the one you're currently using (remember to give it a name).
3. Click 'edit' to enter the theme editor.
4. In the page shell (the second panel), position your cursor directly after where it says '{{sidebar}}'.
5. Type '<li><h2>Your title here</h2>'.
6. Insert your content
   
7. Finish off with a final '</li>'.
8. Repeat points 5 through 7 for each new sidebar section you'd like to add.
9. Remember to click save when you are done.
   

To remove content:

1. As with adding content you will need to have created your own theme and followed steps 1-3 above, if you have already created a theme just select 'edit'
   
2. Now you want to go to the CSS panel (the first one)  at the end of the CSS file you can put in the following code for any elements you don't want to have displayed: display:none;
3. For example - to remove your friends list you need to do the following:

#sidebar_friends {

         display:none;

}

Now just click on 'save' at the bottom of the page.

Here is a list of the sidebar div's - you can do the above for any of them. 

 
#sidebar_user {
}

#recent_activity {
}

#community_owned {
}

#community_membership {
}

#sidebar_friends {
}

#search {
}

#sidebar_weblog {
}

#sidebar_files {
}