I know there is an option to remove the sidebar in the blog. But is there a way to add different content to the sidebar of blog posts? Removing it entirely makes the blog look off-center and it seems strange. I'd like to instead add a link list that is not the default or some other widgets. But when adding them as widgets in the main area, they do not show up. Any suggestions? reference: http://laurenbeacham.com/blog/2012/12/31/farewell-2012/
Go to Appearance > widgets and drag and drop widgets of your interest in primary and secondary widget area. or If you want to show different widgets on each page then you can use "dynamic widget" plugin Download it from the link given below. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-widgets/
I have tried adding widgets as you suggested but they are still not showing up on the blog. Is there a way to instead center the blog posts rather than fill in the sidebar with other widgets?
Go to single.php present in your theme directory and follow the instruction as shown in image given below Now, Paste this code in Custom CSS Appearance > Theme Option > Styling Option > Custom CSS Code: .post.single{ padding-left:300px; } This will solve your issue.