Title: Custom Boxes
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Boxes

 *  [Mihai Ghelmegeanu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihaai/)
 * (@mihaai)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-boxes/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I’m developing a site and was wondering what is the best way to add some custom
   boxes on the homepage for which the content would be supplied in the backend 
   by someone with no programming knowledge.
 * An example is:
    [http://telly.com/about](http://telly.com/about)
 * I want to make something like the “Discover” “Contribute” “Collaborate” boxes.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [jibbius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jibbius/)
 * (@jibbius)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-boxes/#post-3835259)
 * How handy are you with php?
 * If you are familiar with PHP – you could:
    – create a custom post type, then –
   use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to do most of the work (adding input fields
   to the backend). – Then, you could create a custom page template to display the
   boxes on the page. The documentation for this plugin is very good.
 * Otherwise, you could use widgets provided your theme supports this.
    Widgets 
   can be tricky for people unfamiliar with wordpress. They’re buried under the 
   Appearance > Widgets menu… I find that this is confusing for many first time 
   wordpress users. You may want to consider if this is an issue for you.

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-boxes/#post-3835259)
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