Widgets
Contents
- Adding Widgets
- Configuring Widgets
- Removing Widgets
- Default Widgets
- Widget Accessibility Mode
- No Sidebars Defined
- Video
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Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars of your blog. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your blog sidebar.
You can access the widgets is from the Appearance menu in your Dashboard.
To open and close a widget, mouse over the widget bar and click the small arrow that appears to the right.
Adding Widgets
To add a widget, drag the widget from the Available Widgets or Inactive Widgets area on the left into the Sidebar area on the right. When you see a dashed line appear, you can drop the widget into place.
You can also change the order of the widgets by dragging and dropping them around in the sidebar.
Configuring Widgets
Each widget has configuration options. To make changes to a widget in the sidebar, click on the triangle in the right side.
This will open up the options for the widget. Each widget will be different. Here is an example of the Archives widget.
After you have have configured the widget, click the Save button. Clicking the Close link will minimize the configuration options again.
Removing Widgets
If you would like to remove a widget from the sidebar, click the Delete link in the configuration options as show above.
Default Widgets
If you haven’t added any widgets to your sidebars, the theme will show a default set of widgets, which will not be listed in the Sidebar area. When you add widgets to a sidebar the default set of widgets will no longer be used.
Widget Accessibility Mode
If you need a more accessible way to add widgets, click Screen Options -> Enable accessibility mode to turn off the drag and drop feature.
In accessibility mode, you can modify widgets using the Add and Edit links next to each widget name.
No Sidebars Defined
The Monotone theme does not support widgets and you will see the following message:
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Last modified: December 29, 2009
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