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1. nhobo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Noob here with Ver. 2.6.

   Activating the TAG CLOUD widget (or any other tag wiget, for that matter, such as Simple Tag: Tag Cloud 1) eliminates ALL other info on the sidebar. I've tried the CTC and Simple Tag plug-ins, but they don't seem to work. More precisely, they DO work, providing formatting control of the tag list, but they also wipe out the rest of the sidebar.

   I'm using Very Plain Text theme, but have tried all of this on the default WP theme with the same results.

   All I'm trying to do is style the tag cloud entries to a limited size range. I've used the PHP edit (widgets.php)

   wp_tag_cloud('smallest=10&largest=16&number=45&orderby=name&format=flat');

   which controls the font size nicely, but only if the Tag Cloud widget is running, which wipes out the sidebar.

   If I can't control tag appearance I'd like to get rid of the tag list entirely. The large format (22 pt.) of top item is way too big for my page.

2. renato_s
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Using any widget will override whatever you have on your sidebar.php file. The theme templates usually tells wp to use what's on sidebar.php ONLY IF you didn't assign any widget to your sidebar.

   My advice is to try to reproduce your sidebar using widgets, if it´s possible. If it's not, then edit your sidebar.php to include your desired wp_tag_cloud parameters.

3. nhobo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ah! Use the widgets to define all the sidebar functions independent of the theme. Got it - thanks!

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