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I've stuck videos in them i've stuck widgets in them..nothing will pop up...i know im going to feel stupid when someone posts how to fix this but right now i think somethings wrong.
Also I need to fix the padding or spacing inbetween my widgets in the header..?( everytime I resize the youtube video the video inches away from the slideshow) where would I got to fix it and how?

what version of Atahualpa and wp?
What options do you have set for sidebars? (see ato->Style & configure SIDEBARS)

Atahualpa 3.5.3
wordpress 3.0

I've just selected all the options...where my "categories" on the right hand side are viewable is that my inner side bar or my outer? In any case how would I just change the color of the whole side bar or cell that my widgets will go in so it will be easier to differentiate from the center or the main body of the site and why isn't anything on the left side showing up..?

Also what are the alignment setting for the widgets in the header?

First of all how many sidebars to you want and where? If you want one sidebar on the left and one on the right set the Right Outer and Left Outer to show on the pages you like. Then put widgets in them for whatever you want.

If looks like you have the Left Inner turned on with no widgets in it.

There are default items that will show in some sidebars when you have not put any widgets in them. Once you add a widget those defaults go away and all you have to do is add, for instance, the categories widget. That is how most set up the sidebar. That is to not rely on the default "widgets".

Originally Posted by lmilesw

First of all how many sidebars to you want and where? If you want one sidebar on the left and one on the right set the Right Outer and Left Outer to show on the pages you like. Then put widgets in them for whatever you want.

If looks like you have the Left Inner turned on with no widgets in it.

There are default items that will show in some sidebars when you have not put any widgets in them. Once you add a widget those defaults go away and all you have to do is add, for instance, the categories widget. That is how most set up the sidebar. That is to not rely on the default "widgets".

This is the setup i was going for two side bars

The problem you are running into is that the sidebars cannot go the full height. The only way I can think of (and I haven't tested) is to:

• Start with Right Outer and Left Outer sidebars turned on
• Create a 3 celled widget area in ATO>Style & edit HEADER AREA>Configure Header Area and take everything but the widget code out of that box.
• Now go the WP>Appearance>Widgets and look for the middle widget area of the three you just created and put a 2 cell widget area in there for you featured slideshows and youtube vids. Also put a 1 cell widget area under the 2 cell widget area for your menus and social icons
• Now you will have 6 new widget areas in which you will put a slider widget, youtube vid widget, menu widget, cat widget, and ads.

The widths of the 2 outer cells of the 3 celled widget area will need match up with the width of the Right and Left outer sidebars.

Here is a screen shot that gives you an "idea" of what I am talking about as this is a rather complex layout.

This whole thing wold be a lot easier if you didn't try to go full height on the sidebars.

As you can see this is the kind of stuff that's pretty hard to describe clearly. But if you want to proceed I would get real familiar with "New Widget Areas"

Originally Posted by lmilesw

Also what are the alignment setting for the widgets in the header?

cells=2&align=1&align_2=2&before_widget