Sidebar With Fallback Message

Standard WordPress Sidebar function. Displays the sidebar if it has widgets assigned to it. If not, it displays a message.

Simple example of conditional logic applied to a WordPress sidebar. Add the following code snippet to your theme functions.php file

<?php if(dynamic_sidebar('footer_left' ): )?>
	<?php else: ?>
	<p>This message will display if there's no content in the sidebar.</p>
<?php endif; ?>

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