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1. blueyez
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i can't find anything to help with this :((

   i want to apply a widget on the sidebar, and the same widget on the front page footer.

   thz

2. blueyez
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   how can i call the widget directly into my theme ?

3. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Well you might try looking at your source code, identify the code for the widget, copy that code and place it into your footer.php

4. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   or set up a widget area in your footer...

   something like this in functions.php (between the php tags) will register the new widget area
   

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
       register_sidebar(array(
            'name'=>'footer_left',
           'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
           'after_widget' => '</div>',
           'before_title' => '<h3>',
           'after_title' => '</h3>',
       ));

   And this in footer.php (or anywhere in a theme really) will add the widget area to the theme:
   

   <div class="footWidget">
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('footer_left') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   </div>

   of course then you would have to style the .footWidget in your css
   

   .footWidget {
           float: left;
           width: 340px;
           }

   worked for me....but yours will have to be changed most likely.....to whatever works in your theme

5. blueyez
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i have 4 dynamic sidebars

   main page box 1
   main page box 2
   main page box 3
   pages sidebar

   i want to use yahoo status plugin widget in "main page box 3" and "pages sidebar"

   the widget is not widget_api ready wp 2.8 so i can use it only one time.
   i have no idea how to convert it into the new api ( i don't know php )

   tried to use http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jaw-duplicate-widgets/
   but is also outdated and doesn't work

6. voyagerlife
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi everybody,
   I have the same problem and I want add a footer widget, as far as ı understand after I read the notes above;
   I need to find out this part in my functions.php

   if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
   register_sidebar(array(
   'name'=>'footer_left',
   'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
   'after_widget' => '</div>',
   'before_title' => '<h3>',
   'after_title' => '</h3>',
   ));

   then I need to copy and paste it to the footer.php
   then I need to paste the code below too to the footer.php

   <div class="footWidget">
   <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('footer_left') ) : ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
   </div>

   then I need to paste the code below to the style.css

   .footWidget {
   float: left;
   width: 340px;
   }

   Did I do the right things? Is this the right way?
   Because I use Ahimsa Theme and these things didn't work on my theme.
   Can anybody help me?

7. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   blueyz - Widgets that come with WP can be used in mutiple sidebars with no problem. For a plugin widget you might take the code and put it into your second sidebar with a text widget.

   voyagerlife - no, the top portion of the code you need to put into functions.php. It does not go into the footer.php

8. voyagerlife
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   unfortunately it doesn't work on my theme.

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