How do I display Widgets in Custom Theme?

[rouviere]

I am working with a barebones custom template that has been stripped of most of the basic WP code.

I have a weather widget that I would like to display on the site but do not know how to display it? The widget shortcode is [wunderground].

[mikes02]

This should get you started:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode

If the widget has a shortcode as you say it does then in your template file you could do:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[wunderground]'); ?>

[rouviere]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response. What do I do if there isn’t a known short code for the widget?

[mikes02]

Assuming you had it registered in your functions.php file you’d want to follow the instructions here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar

[rouviere]

Thanks for the help Mike. I got this working now.

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