Adding multiple get_component( );

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Hello everyone,

I was looking for a databaseless CMS solution and I found GetSimple and fell in love

I am working normally with Joomla and Wordpress so it looked quite familiar and I created a theme quite quickly.

But now I am a bit lost and I couldn't find a solution for my problem after searching the internet by Google all night and I didn't find the right apporach here either.

In Joomla and Wordpress I am used to add positions for modules (Joomla) and widgets (Wordpress). If I did understand it correctly this feature is called "components" in GetSimple.

So when I had a look at the standard theme I saw two tags

Code:

"get_component('sidebar');

and

Code:

<?php get_component('tagline'); ?>

Now I would like to add extra "sidebars" over and under the container with the main content.

Like I said before I did a thorough research and I wanted to know if these extra "sidebars" should be created in the functions.php like the sidebars in Wordpress.

I tried to insert component tags directly in the template.php (for learning reasons I don't have include files)

I created three div's (each 31% with 2% margin right except for the one at the right side) and inserted

Code:

"get_component();"

-tags

Code:

<div class="col_100 wrap">
        <div class="col_33">
        <?php get_component('left'); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="col_33">
        <?php get_component('center'); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="col_33 wrap">
        <?php get_component('right'); ?>
        </div>
</div>

In the backend of GetSimple there are no buttons added (the ones one sees at the right when managing/creating components). After adding these tags there are still just two buttons.

One called "sidebar" and one called "tagline".

I addded an image to visualize the buttons I am wrting about.

My clients really like to have many positions in their design (even if they mostly don't use them but they pay and I play ) and I would love to offer this CMS as a new service for clients who have a hosting package without a database. Saves me endless discussions why they need to upgrade and pay more, which is always an unpopular issue

Thanks in advance for any help!

Regards,

Rob van Linda