Help! Adding html to widgets wreaking havoc!

  • Resolved kf007

    (@kf007)


    8 years, 7 months ago

    I was excited to switch to the Fulgent theme. However, I am having a serious problem in which I cannot add html to any of the widgets. If I do, everything goes berserk. For example, I tried to add a link to my sidebar widget, and a random set of links showed up and my footer widgets disappeared altogether! Likewise, I couldn’t add an html link to any of my footer widgets, because similar craziness happened. I have now repaired everything, but I still cannot insert ANY html links in the widgets. The second I try, everything goes crazy again. My site is: http://www.karenfranklin.com. Thanks for any help!

    Below, I have pasted the html code that I was trying to insert (I’ve bolded it so it’s easier to see:

    Professional trainings
    FEEDBACK RATINGS from Dr. Franklin’s most recent professional trainings have now been uploaded.

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  • CrouchingBruin

    (@crouchingbruin)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Can you please add the code in between backticks so it comes out correctly? See the example under the comment field, where it says Put code in between backticks.

    I’m thinking you are missing the closing anchor tag </a>. It should look like this:

    Professional trainings
<a href="http://www.karenfranklin.com/trainings/trainings-latest-participant-feedback-and-ratings/">FEEDBACK RATINGS</a> from Dr. Franklin's
most recent professional trainings have now been uploaded.

    Thread Starter kf007

    (@kf007)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hi CrouchingBruin,

    Sorry ’bout that. I did insert the code correctly in the widget. Here’s the code, again, this time in between backticks:

    <a href="http://www.karenfranklin.com/trainings/trainings-latest-participant-feedback-and-ratings/">FEEDBACK RATINGS</a>from Dr. Franklin’s most recent professional trainings have now been uploaded.

    I hope I am doing the backticks correctly!

    Thread Starter kf007

    (@kf007)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hello again,

    I just went back into both of the widgets I was having problems with (the sidebar widget and the widget in column two of the footer) and reinserted the html code, and now everything looks okay. So maybe I did make an error in the entry? But, still, does it make sense that an error in html code within a widget would cause the whole site to go haywire, with random stuff all over the place?

    (See: http://www.karenfranklin.com)

    CrouchingBruin

    (@crouchingbruin)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Yes, that’s actually fairly common, especially if you are missing a closing tag, like a closing </div> tag. A missing </div> tag is the most common reason I see for things like the sidebar ending up at the bottom of page instead of on the side. An extra </div> will also mess up the appearance, but I don’t see that as often as a missing one.

    Thread Starter kf007

    (@kf007)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Well, thank you very much. This has been very enlightening!

    Thread Starter kf007

    (@kf007)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Resolved.

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