clint6998

I understand. I now have the premium version. Looking for a way to add the noCaptcha reCaptcha instead of the one that it comes with.

Yes that is what I am talking about and both are labeled “Email” but it still doesnt work.

ok guys, i really need to know how to post my WP entries on non-WP pages without it interfering with other php queries. Can anyone help me? Obviously short and sweet dont work in this case. This is pretty much the last thing before letting my site go live.

Thanks,

Clint

There is a file and I just found it…actually, multiple files.

***NOTE***
This is not the best way to do it but it works. If you upgrade to a newer version, you take the risk of your files being overwritten so make sure you know what you did and where you did it. Also, BACK UP each file before making any modification.

For those wanting to do what I did for my side bar or something similar, you can edit the following files:

wp-includes/default-widgets.php

Find the widget you are wanting to edit and add in your html. Here are my edits for the search function:

[Code moderated]

That will edit the body of the widget, not the header, and you can also add a footer as I did.

Then edit in your theme the functions.php file. Here is how I edited mine:

function twentyten_widgets_init() {
	// Area 1, located at the top of the sidebar.
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name' => __( 'Primary Widget Area', 'twentyten' ),
		'id' => 'primary-widget-area',
		'description' => __( 'The primary widget area', 'twentyten' ),
		'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget-container %2$s"><div id="widgetContainer">',
		'after_widget' => '</div></li>',
		'before_title' => '<div class="leftBoxContainer">
          <table height="54px" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" border="0px">
          	<tr>
            	<td align="center" valign="top" width="305px" style="background-image:url(wp-content/themes/to/images/Cart_Sidebar_01.png); background-repeat:no-repeat">
          			<table height="39px" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" border="0px">
            			<tr>
              			<td><img src="wp-content/themes/to/images/SideBar_MiddleTitle_Area_01.png" width="6px" height="39px" alt="" /></td>
               		 	<td align="center" width="10px" style="background-image:url(wp-content/themes/to/images/SideBar_MiddleTitle_Area_02.png); background-repeat:repeat-x;"></td>
               		  <td align="center" valign="middle" style="background-image:url(wp-content/themes/to/images/SideBar_MiddleTitle_Area_02.png); background-repeat:repeat-x;"><h3 class="widget-title"><h3 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title' => '</h3></td>
               		  <td align="center" width="10px" style="background-image:url(wp-content/themes/to/images/SideBar_MiddleTitle_Area_02.png); background-repeat:repeat-x;"></td>
               		  <td><img src="wp-content/themes/to/images/SideBar_MiddleTitle_Area_04.png" width="6px" height="39px" alt="" /></td>
             		  </tr>
           		  </table>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </div>  ',
	) );

I added my HTML for the header in the before_widget, after_widget, before_title, and after_title.

Then if you need further customization for your search form such as adding your own button, you can edit the wp-includes/general-template.php file as I did here:

function get_search_form($echo = true) {
	do_action( 'get_search_form' );

	$search_form_template = locate_template('searchform.php');
	if ( '' != $search_form_template ) {
		require($search_form_template);
		return;
	}

	$form = '<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="' . esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ) . '" >
	<div><label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">' . __('Search for:') . '</label>
	<div id="searchMainL"><input type="text" style="height:26px;" value="' . get_search_query() . '" name="s" id="s" /></div>
	<div id="searchMainR"><input type="image" src="wp-includes/images/button_submit.png" id="searchsubmit" value="'. esc_attr__('Search') .'" />
	</div>
	</div>
	</form>';

	if ( $echo )
		echo apply_filters('get_search_form', $form);
	else
		return apply_filters('get_search_form', $form);
}

Then just add your css to give additional styling.

Again, this is not the ideal way to do it, but it works for what I need and this is how I did it. You can see the finished side bar at http://www.tacticaloffense.com/news.

Clint

Yes, I have a basic knowledge of PHP, and a excelent knowledge of HTML & CSS. But I don’t have an extensive knowledge base of wordpress and the structure. And you are correct, reading your documentation is EXTENSIVE. While I have been reading it, I am in need of assistance to get this part up and running asap. I am not asking anyone to do it for me, but point me in the right direction or tell me what I need to edit and how instead of just pointing me to a page that has 4600 words to it and saying good luck.

So what your saying is that the WordPress › Support » Themes and Templates support forum is not where I would go to find out how to add images to the sidebar of a theme??

All I am asking is how to add background images to the dynamic sidebar. I don’t see how someone with wordpress programming knowledge cannot answer that question.

I have tried and it confuses the hell out of me. There is just so much content. All I need to do is add a table around each title, add a background image for the body of each section, and then add a footer.

Can you please assist me in doing this?

Clint