WordPress: Add more than one sidebar

In wordpress it is possible to create multiple ‘sidebars’ with widgets on custom places in your template. To register a new sidebar open functions.php in your template folder (or create one), add:

if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar(array(
        'name' => 'SIDEBARNAME',
        'before_widget' => '',
        'after_widget' => '',
        'before_title' => '',
        'after_title' => '',
    ));

Explaination of the array() :

‘name’ = name of your new sidebar
‘before_widget’ = Add a html element before you start your widget (eg. <div class=”widget”)
‘after_widget’ = close the element you started above
‘before_title’ = Add a html element before your widget title (eg. <h3>)
‘after_title’ = close the element you started above

Now al you have to do is add your new sidebar to your place in your template, add:

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('SIDEBARNAME') ) : ?>
 
This is what shows when no widgets are added.
 
<?php endif; ?>