Multiple text boxes in content area

  • Ichabod2

    (@ichabod2)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    Sometimes I think I am catching onto WP and at other times I feel like a blithering idiot; right now I feel like the latter.
    I am trying to create an alternate front page for a customer of mine that sells a variety of products, some seasonal. The Page would have an introductory message at the top about the current season. This would be created in the editor. Below this would be several boxes containing a picture of the product and some promotional text about the product. These boxes may be the entire width of the content area, or they could be two-up or three-up. Of course, it is important that once the site is finished, the customer can edit images and text within the boxes, or change the number and arrangement of the boxes (if possible). I have created a new template for this.

    But I am totally confused as to the best way to proceed. Would it work to create multiple divs for the boxes (including nested divs for images) and float them? How would the customer be able to edit these boxes and text. Would I need a loop for each div?

    Or, should I create sidebars to go inside each div and wigetize them so I can use the Text and Image Widgets? Would styling the various divs cascade to the Text Widget?

    Or, is there another, better approach.

    Can anyone give me a little guideance and insight?

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  • Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    You need to create a Page Template. Once created (with your personalized PHP and/or HTML) assign the Template to a Page (note: one can create a blank Page for this), then make that Page your Front Page…

    Funkywebsites

    (@funkywebsites)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    you could create a couple of extra widgets and add the code to new template page

    Create a Widget 

    register_sidebar(array(
            'name' => 'Homepage Widget Area 1',
            'id' => 'homepageWG_1',
            'description' => 'Homepage #1 widget area',
            'before_widget' => '<ul class="widget-container"><li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
            'after_widget' => '</li></ul>',
            'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">',
            'after_title' => '</h3>'
        ));

$theme->add_hook('footer_6', 'footer_6_default_widgets');

    in the functions.php file on your theme 🙂

    this then will appear in the widgets section of wordpress

    then you will have to edit your template file and include

    <div class="homepage-widget-box">
                <?php
                    if(!dynamic_sidebar('homepageWG_1')) {
                        $theme->hook('homepageWG_1');
                    }
                ?>
            </div>

    That should do the trick 🙂

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