Im trying to kill the sidebars but i cant - wordpress - php

Question

I am trying to setup a custom page, you can take a look here:
http://dageniusmarketer.com/download-the-book-now
and im using this code for my custom page. The sidebars as far as i can tell have IDs of "navigation", and "sidebar", however, the rules i am applying to them are not working. I tried a test rule with the ID "content", and it works as expected. Why am i not able to hide the sidebars? Something isn't making sense.
<?php
/*
* Template Name: My Custom Page
* Description: A Page Template with No Sidebars.
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<!--single.php-->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post">
<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<p class="metadata">
<?php printf(__('%1$s %2$s', 'mtsgossip'), $time_since, get_the_time(__('l, F jS, Y', 'mtsjourney')), get_the_time()); ?>,
<?php _e('by ','mtsjourney');?> <?php the_author();?>
<?php _e('and is filed under','mtsjourney'); ?> "<?php the_category(', ') ?> ".
<?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
// Kommentare und Pingen erlaubt ?>
<?php _e('You can','mtsjourney'); ?> <?php _e('leave a response here','mtsjourney'); ?>,
<?php _e('or send a','mtsjourney'); ?>
<a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?>" ><?php _e('Trackback','mtsjourney'); ?></a>
<?php _e('from your own site','mtsjourney'); ?>.
<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
// Nur Pingen erlaubt ?>
<?php _e('Responses are currently closed, but you can send a','mtsjourney'); ?>
<a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?>" >
<?php _e('Trackback','mtsjourney'); ?></a>
<?php _e('from your own site','mtsjourney'); ?>.
<?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
// Kommentare geschlossen, Pingen erlaubt ?>
<?php _e('You can','mtsjourney'); ?>
<?php _e('leave a response here','mtsjourney'); ?>.
<?php _e('Pinging is currently not allowed','mtsjourney'); ?>.
<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
// Kommentare und Pings sind nicht erlaubt. ?>
<?php _e('Both comments and pings are currently closed','mtsjourney'); ?>.
<?php } edit_post_link('E','',''); ?>
</p>
</div>
<div id="navigation" style="margin-left:200px;"></div>
<div id="sidebar" style="display:none"></div>
<div id="content" style="width:900px"></div>
<!--postend-->
<p class="navigate">
<?php previous_post_link('« %link') ?>
||
<?php next_post_link(' %link »') ?>
</p>
<?php endwhile; endif;?>
<!--post end-->
<!--single.php end-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Answer 1

Looking at the page structure, I tried to remove left and right sidebar by adding following styles.
Put the following styles as inline css in the desired template, so that it don't affect the layout of any other page. Hope this helps.
div#navigation
{
display:none;
}
div#sidebar
{
display:none;
}
div#content
{
margin: 5px 0 75px 0;
}

Answer 2

Your sidebar is being called with this line:
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
You can try commenting it out to hide the sidebar:
<?php //get_sidebar(); ?>

Answer 3

You have two divs with the "sidebar" id, the one we can see in the code you posted (Which has the styles) and the one that eventually gets created by <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
These are not the same elements, so to fix your problem just remove that superfluous sidebar and apply the styles in your stylesheet.

Answer 4

Why dont you delete all the content of sidebar.php? so, all other files that call it will show nothing.

Answer 5

your sidebar is being called with this line
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
try to comment it