How to add a Right and Left Side(bar) Widget with a Field for Affiliate Links

[milada]

Hi all,

I have created two widgets with this code:
function wpb_widgets_init() {

register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'wpb' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-1',
'description' => __( 'The main sidebar appears on the right on each page except the front page template', 'wpb' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );

register_sidebar( array(
'name' =>__( 'Front page sidebar', 'wpb'),
'id' => 'sidebar-2',
'description' => __( 'Appears on the static front page template', 'wpb' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );
}

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'wpb_widgets_init' );

Now, I would like to have these widgets located:
1) on the right sidebar above the current Primary Sidebar widget (have the Genesis sample, Wellness Pro theme)
2) the second on the left sidebar - to the left from the article/post

I would like to have these widgets be displayed on all pages apart from the homepage. Which file should I paste them to? I have Genesis Sample, Wellness Pro theme.
How do I add a field in these two widgets so that I can paste affiliate links to?

Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Best regards,

Milada

http://moreyouthfulskin.com

[Victor Font]

What you are doing is very confusing. Register sidebar does not create a widget. It creates a widget area. Widgets are created in a separate file and are written as an extension of WP_Widget.

If all you want to do is add affiliate links to the primary and secondary sidebar, why wouldn't you just use a text widget in the sidebars?

If you truly want to add widget areas above the primary and secondary sidebars, you have to create your own page layout. That is a lot of effort to put in just to add affiliate links.

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[milada]

Thank you for your feedback and explanation.
Is there a way to create a field on the left from the article to put there affiliate links, in case?
Thank you for letting me know.

Milada

[Victor Font]

Use the 2-sidebar layout that's built into Genesis and use a text widget for the links.

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Regards,

Victor
https://victorfont.com/
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[milada]

Thank you for the hint!

Milada

[milada]

Unfortunately, my Wellness Pro theme has only one sidebar. I would like to add some banners (affiliate links to text fields) on the other side of my articles (apart from one side already there). Could you please give me an advice what to do to be able to display banners on both sides of the article?
Thank you in advance.

Milada

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