Archive for the ‘Widgets’ Category

Why did my sidebar content go away when I started using widgets?

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Most themes that have widgets setup a default display of widgets in the sidebar that only shows when you have not specifically added widgets. When even one widget is added through the Appearance >> Widgets area, the default display that is defined in the theme is overridden.  At this time, only ...

Widgets: Categories

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Builds a list or drop down of all of the categories that you have used on your site.  The categories will be linked to a list of posts that have this category assigned to them.

Widgets: Adding a Widget

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Adding a Widget To add a widget all you have to do is go to your widgets admin page and drag one of the available widgets into one of the available locations.  Each of the available locations are on the right side with a grey background and are directly associated with ...

Widgets: Editing a Widget

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Editing a Widget To edit a widget, all you have to do is click the arrow on the right side of the widgets you have already added to your sidebar.  The widget edit interface will fly out and some options will appear. You can change any of the options, press the ...

Widgets: Removing a Widget

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Removing a Widget You can remove a widget by opening the "edit" interface for the widget and then clicking "delete". You can also drag the widget out of the sidebar box and drop it somewhere else.

Widgets: Search

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Puts a search box on your site that will allow visitors to search all of the content on your site by keyword or phrase. When users search then WordPress will list out the posts that match the search criteria.

Widgets: Links

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Shows all of the blogroll or other links that you have added to your site.  In your sidebar each link section will be listed out with the links under the section header.

Widgets: Calendar

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Builds a calendar with the days of the calendar linked if there were one or most posts on that day.  This is useful for your visitors to see that you consistently post to your site and they can see what you posted about in the past.

Widgets: Archives

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Gives a List of recent months where you posted content to your site.  This is useful for your visitors to see that you consistently post to your site and they can see what you posted about in the past.

Widgets: Meta

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Gives links to special areas of your site including the admin pages, logout pages, posts RSS feed, comments rss feed, and the main WordPress site.

Widgets: Pages

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Gives a list of links to the pages on your site. This is very useful for giving your visitors another way to find your pages, other than your site's menu.

Widgets: Recent Posts

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Shows a list of the most recent posts that you have published on your site.  This is very useful if someone comes to a specific place on your site without seeing the homepage.