Sidebar.php

<?php
/**
 * The Sidebar
*/
?>
<div id="sidebar">
	<div class="widget-block">
    <div class="widget-blockTop"></div>
    <div class="widget-blockMid">
    <?php
	/* When we call the dynamic_sidebar() function, it'll spit out
	 * the widgets for that widget area. If it instead returns false,
	 * then the sidebar simply doesn't exist, so we'll hard-code in
	 * some default sidebar stuff just in case.
	 */ ?>
	 <ul style="padding:0;">
	 <?php if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' ) ) : ?>

			<li>Widget area. Put some widgets here through the Wp Backend -> Appearance -> Widgets</li>
		<?php endif; // end primary widget area ?>
    </ul>
    <div style="clear:both;"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="widget-blockBot"></div>
  </div>

		<!-- this menu is page specific, will display all sub menu depending on the page. will be hidden on homepage -->
        <?php
//$has_subpages = false;
// Check to see if the current page has any subpages
//$children = wp_list_pages('&child_of='.$post->ID.'&echo=0');
//if($children) {
//    $has_subpages = true;
//}
// Reseting $children
//$children = "";

// Fetching the right thing depending on if we're on a subpage or on a parent page (that has subpages)
//if(is_page() && $post->post_parent) {
    // This is a subpage
//    $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&include=".$post->post_parent ."&echo=0");
//    $children .= wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent ."&echo=0");
//} else if($has_subpages) {
    // This is a parent page that have subpages
//    $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&include=".$post->ID ."&echo=0");
//    $children .= wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID ."&echo=0");
//}
?>
<?php // Check to see if we have anything to output ?>
<?php // if ($children) { ?>
<!--<div class="widget-block">
        <div class="widget-blockTop"></div>
            <div class="widget-blockMid">
            <h1 class="tsQ5"><img class="va-mid" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/assets/icon-links.png" width="26" height="25" alt="Login" /> Menus</h1>
            <ul>
    <?php echo $children; ?>
</ul>
          </div>
            <div class="widget-blockBot"></div>
   	  </div>-->
<?php // } ?>


<!--              <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Lifelong Learners</a></li>
              <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Targeted Learners</a></li>
              <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Breaking Barriers Learners</a></li>
              <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Community Learners</a></li>
              <li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Foundation Learners</a></li>-->



        <div class="widget-block2">
            <div class="widget-blockTop"></div>
            <div class="widget-blockMid">
            <h1 class="tsQ5"><img class="va-mid" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/assets/icon-news.png" width="26" height="25" alt="Login" /> Latest News</h1>
            <ul>
              <?php
				query_posts('cat=1&showposts=5&orderby=date&order=DESC');
				while(have_posts()) { the_post();?>
			  	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
              <?php } ?>
            </ul>
          </div>
            <div class="widget-blockBot"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/news">more news <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/assets/arrow.png" width="4" height="6" alt="&gt;" /></a></div>
    	</div>
        <div class="widget-block2">
    <div class="widget-blockTop"></div>
    <div class="widget-blockMid">
      <h1 class="tsQ5"><img class="va-mid" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/assets/icon-events.png" width="26" height="25" alt="Login" /> Professional development</h1>
      <?php $postslist = get_posts('category=3&numberposts=3&orderby=date=DESC');
 		foreach ($postslist as $post) : setup_postdata($post);

				//query_posts('cat=3&showposts=3&orderby=date&order=ASC');
				//while(have_posts()) { the_post();
				//$eventmth = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'EventStartMonth', $single = true);
				//$eventday = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'EventStartDay', $single = true); ?>
      <div class="event-items">
        <h2 class="event-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
          <?php the_title(); ?>
          </a></h2>
          <span class="event-duration"><span class="event-duration-inner"><?php echo the_event_start_date('','false','d M, Y').' - '.the_event_end_date('','false','d M, Y'); ?></span></span>
        <div class="event-summary">
          <?php the_excerpt_rereloaded('20','','<strong><em>','div','yes'); ?>
        </div>
      </div>
      <?php endforeach;//} ?>
    </div>
    <div class="widget-blockBot"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/events">more events <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/assets/arrow.png" width="4" height="6" alt="&gt;" /></a></div>
  </div>
    </div>

    <div class="clear"></div>

</div>
<!-- FILE sidebar.php -->