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1. newcreat
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am converting my legacy site (peterwade.com) to WordPress 2.6b, and I'm stuck trying to get a random text quote into the header.

   I first thought of a widget but cannot find how to put a widget into the sidebar, and one that I've set up doesn't work. I need to know the code to place in sidebar.php at the point where I want the widget to display its result. ("A few suggestions" in my current site.)

   Since I could not find how to use a widget in the header, I've tried the procedure I found in the forum... I have a "random_quote.php" file in the current theme directory containing...
   

   <?php
   	/* Pull quote from file for header                           */
   	$quote = file("inchrist.txt");
   	srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
   	$inquote = $quote[rand(1,count($quote))];
   	/* End pull quote                                       	*/
   echo $inquote;
   ?>

   I have added this to the css style...
   background: url('http://localhost/assets/wp-content/themes/2008/random_teach.php');

   But its not working. Can anyone point me to a tutorial or the correct information I need.

   Thanks,
   Peter

2. Les Bessant
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   If you're using a widget, you manage that from the Widgets panel - you don't need to put anything in sidebar.php.

   If you want to include a random quote, rather than reinventing the wheel, you could try a plugin. I've successfully used

   Random Words

3. mickdakota
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Or http://mickdakota.com/wordpress-fortune-plugin

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