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1. tjobbe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   The plugin I am using to create contact forms has given me a code to insert into my posts:

   [contact-form 4 "Subscribe to mailing list"]

   Is there anyway I can get this code to work in my sidebar?

   Do I need to put it within a loop or something?

2. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Put it in a text widget.

3. tjobbe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks Figaro - I haven't done this before, how would I do this?

4. tjobbe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This is my sidebar:

   <div id="column">
   			<h2>Categories;</h2>
   			<ul id="blogMenu">
   				<li><a href="/blog/">Blog home page</a></li>
   				<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=' ); ?>
   				<li>&nbsp;</li>
   				<li><h2>Subscribe;</h2></li>
   				<li><a href="http://www.miltonbayer.com/newsletter.php">Subscribe to our newsletter</a></li>
   				<li><a href="/blog/feed/rss/">Subscribe to the RSS feed</a></li>
   			</ul>
   			<!--div id="search">
   				<?php //get_search_form(); ?>
   			</div-->
   			<div id="twitter_div">
   				<h2 class="sidebar-title">Twitter Updates</h2>
   				<ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul>
   				<a href="http://twitter.com/miltonbayer" id="twitter-link" style="display:block; text-align:right;">follow us on Twitter</a>
   			</div>
   		</div>

5. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   In your WP admin just go to Appearance/Widgets and add a text widget...paste that code from contact form 7 into the widget and save.

   Note: When you add one widget all the default sidebar items will get removed, so you'll need to add the ones you want to use back as widgets.

   EDIT: Don't do anything in the code...login to WP and do the above in your admin area.

6. tjobbe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks figaro, I did as you said - and it wont display.

   I have made quite a few modifications and created this template from scratch so how would I tell the sidebar to include widgets as I don't see anywhere where this is? (see code above)

7. figaro
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Switch to the default theme that comes with WordPress (Kubrick) and see if it works there. If so, I would guess that your custom theme is not coded to work with widgets. If that's the case, you'll need to do a little research on how to make your theme widget enabled.

8. tjobbe
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks Figaro ;o)

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