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Adding the sidebar

This is going to be the widget area and for that, we'll need to do create a functions.php file first. We'll need to register the widgets we want which will be just the sidebar:

1. In the index.php file right under the div class, we'll add <?php. We'll then see if there's actually a widget active here using if(is_active_sidebar) and if we need the actual widget position (which will be sidebar):

      <div class="col-md-4">         <?php if(is_active_sidebar('sidebar')) : ?>      </div>

2. Next, we will add <?php dynamic_sidebar(); ?>. We also need the position, which is sidebar. It doesn't have to be called sidebar; you can call it whatever you'd like:

      <?php if(is_active_sidebar('sidebar')) : ?>         <?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar'); ?> <?php endif; ...