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1. slooude
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I'm having trouble using a feature I've seen on wordpress.org that if I presentation I should be able to add sidebar widgets but the only thins that shows up for me the option to change themes and edit themes I've checked and the themes I'm using are widget ready.

2. drmike
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Have you installed the widget plugin though?

   http://automattic.com/code/widgets/

3. slooude
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Yes that was the problem I've intalled the plug in and now I see the option for widgets however when I try to drag them all that happens is I select the text. The arrow changes to show it is hovering over a widget this happens in both safari and firefox

4. publius
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Same problem here.

5. Michael Adams (mdawaffe)
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Please download the latest version of the Widgets plugin (just updated today - February 10, 2007)

   Version 1.2.1: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widgets.zip

6. slooude
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I've done that but I noticed in the download there are missing files it refers to scriptalicous files and there not there.

7. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The scriptaculous files are now built in to WordPress 2.1. You don't need them in the widget download.

8. jonix
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I still experience the same problems as slooude and get the same javascript errors as before updating when viewing the sidebar widgets admin panel:

   $w is not defined
   Element.CSS_PROPERTIES = $w(
       effects.js (line 1046)
   
   $w is not defined
   Element.CSS_PROPERTIES = $w(
       effects.js (line 1046)
   
   this.element.down is not a function
   this.handle = this.element.down('.'+options.handle, 0);
       dragdrop.js (line 269)
   
   $(e).down is not a function
   $(e).down('.'+options.handle,0) : e;
       dragdrop.js (line 687)

9. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 5 years ago #

   a) Redownload WordPress 2.1. Extract the wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/* files from there and put them where they belong (that same directory). Moving them around will *break the blog*, so don't do that.

   b) Download the latest widgets code (1.2.1a or something like that). Put it in wp-content/plugins/widgets/widgets.php.

   c) Download this file and put it in wp-includes/js/scriptaculous/wp-scriptaculous.js . It was a missing file in the original 2.1 release. Lack of it might cause issues.

   d) If you have *any* scriptaculous stuff in the widgets directory, delete it.

   e) While looking at the widgets page, hit CTRL-F5 to refresh your browser. Might also want to clear the browser cache beforehand.

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