In order to use widgets, you’ll probably need to install the widgets plugin, which doesn’t come standard with WordPress. You can download it here. You’ll also need to use a widget-ready theme, and I don’t think the themes that come with a default WordPress install are; however, plenty of others are.
Thank you for the feedback filosofo
I think the theme I put up; has a few widgets enclosed… but what seems to be wrong is bigger then that. I seem to be missing basic parts of the wordpress install such as “Install/Edit Images” dialog;
I can’t find a screenshot of that; however in WordPress 2 Quickstart book by Langer/Jordon I do not have figure 27 entitled “the insert/edit image dialog” (page 47)
on my ‘write a page’/write a post’ I have no options to change the font (no bold, italic, flush right, no choice of fonts). the row of quick tags are missing
http://codex.wordpress.org/Image:Admin_Panel_Write_Post_1.5.png
this is what mine looks like:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8513/tags9xo.jpg
In the in WordPress 2 Quickstart book by Langer/Jordon I do not have figure 13 entitled “the visual rich editors toolbox” (page 44)
In regards to Widgets I should have a widget button under dashboard->Presentation.
in WordPress 2 Quickstart book by Langer/Jordon I do not have figures 34-38 entitled “sidebar arrangement” (page 18)
I wish I could provide screenshots as to what I am looking at but all I can do is show what is missing.
Thanks for your support!
The problem was that I was working out of Safari which is not compatible with wp2
