Title: WordPress Theme Creation – Help Required.
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Theme Creation – Help Required.

 *  Resolved [mxnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mxnet/)
 * (@mxnet)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-creation-help-required/)
 * Hello Support,
 * I have built a website with a stripped down version of Zerif. I use static HTML
   for my content at the moment. I want to make the static content editable by WordPress
   page editor. WordPress is set to display the latest post, and not a static page.
   That is the only way I was able to achieve the one-page design. [I DO NOT USE
   WP-CUSTOMIZER DUE TO LIMITED FLEXIBILITY]
 * Here is what code I use, which works fine to display the static content on the
   homepage. I’ll explain what I want to achieve with the about_us section as example.
 * **front-page.php **
 *     ```
       <?php get_header();
       get_template_part( 'sections/big_title' );
       ?>
       </header
       <div id="content" class="site-content">
       <?php
       	/* OUR FOCUS SECTION */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/our_focus' );
       	/* ABOUT US */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/about_us' );
       	/* OUR TEAM */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/our_team' );
       	/* CONTACT FORM */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/contact_us' );
       	/* GET BLUEBOOK RIBBON */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/ribbon_with_right_button' );
       	/* LATEST NEWS */
       	get_template_part( 'sections/latest_news' );
       get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * **sections/about_us.php**
 *     ```
       <section class="about-us" id="aboutus">
       <div class="container">
        <div class="row mx-pad-left">
       	<div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12" >
       	<img src="logo.png"></img>
       	<h3>HERE IS MY STATIC CONTENT I WANT TO MAKE EDITABLE BY WORDPRESS</h3>
       	</div>
       </div>
       </div>
       </section> <!-- END ABOUT US SECTION -->
       ```
   
 * **Now I need your help!**
 * I think the easiest approach would be to setup widget areas on my front page,
   so I can copy each sections HTML into a widget and have that displayed on the
   appropriate position.
    But when reading widget documentation, it is spoken of
   sidebar all the time. seem to be widgets are for sidebars only. How can I add
   widgets to the front/home page, and not sidebar? please advise, or link me to
   a proper tutorial. **Please provide me with a working widget including code example**
 * How do I need to change my example about-us section, so the currently static 
   can be inserted via a dynamic text widget?
 * **sections/about_us.php – with widget support**
 *     ```
       <section class="about-us" id="aboutus">
       <div class="container">
        <div class="row mx-pad-left">
       	<div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12" >
         [CODE TO DISPLAY A TEXT WIDGET SHALL BE HERE, I ASSUME]
       	</div>
       </div>
       </div>
       </section> <!-- END ABOUT US SECTION -->
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [mxnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mxnet/)
 * (@mxnet)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-creation-help-required/#post-7120395)
 * was easier to achieve than expected!
    got it working

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