Help with Widgets

  • apota

    (@apota)


    18 years ago

    I’m installing WP for the first time so I’m still trying to figure out everything.

    I’m trying to setup Widgets for the first time. I’ve added widgets to my sidebars, but they aren’t showing up on my page and I can’t figure out why. I’m using Tiga 1.0.2 theme that’s widget compatible.

    The 2nd thing is that I wonder if someone can explain in more detail exactly what they are talking about here. What do they mean exactly by posting a page? Thanks for your help and time.

    The ability to add a large public calendar is now available by posting a page and adding “EventsCalendarLarge” to the page content to create a stand alone calendar page.

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  • Roy

    (@gangleri)

    18 years ago

    When you add a widget, you have to use “add” on the left side, then “save changes” (or something) on the right side and then edit the widget if needed.

    Page
    A Page is often used to present “static” information about yourself or your site. A good example of a Page is information you would place on an About Page. A Page should not be confused with the time-oriented objects called posts. Pages are typically “timeless” in nature and live “outside” your blog.

    The word “page” has long been used to describe any HTML document on the web. In WordPress, however, “Page” refers to a very specific feature first introduced in WordPress version 1.5.

    Related articles: Pages, Write Page SubPanel

    Post
    An individual entry of content into a blog, or the act of uploading a new piece of content to the live blog site. Posts can be edited after they are published, if necessary or desired.

    A post is an entry on your blog, a page a static page for “about me” information or something.

    Thread Starter apota

    (@apota)

    18 years ago

    Yes, like I said in my previous post, I already did that. I added the widgets to my sidebars. If you want I can be more specific. I went to Design, Widgets, Add, and Save Changes. It says the widgets have been saved that that they are on my sidebars, but they aren’t there when you display the blog page. Thanks for the help.

    Thread Starter apota

    (@apota)

    18 years ago

    Well, I downloaded a new theme and installed it and the widgets are showing up on the blog sidebars now. But I have a new problem. I can’t edit the widgets, so I can’t delete them from the sidebars or anything anymore. Can anyone tell me what I can do so I don’t have to delete WordPress and start all over? Thank you!

    Roy

    (@gangleri)

    18 years ago

    I had some problems with widgets in my first 2.5 days, but not in 2.5.1. What helped in the end, was to locate the widget files in the WP installation and upload them again. There are (I believe) two widget.php files and two widget.css files. It’s not a malfunction in WP at least, usually just a bad upgrade (forgotten to delete old files, some files wasn’t transferred correctly, etc.). There’re also quite a few threads about widgets in the forums with possible sollutions.

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