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# sjthomas

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 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Linking to generic archives page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-generic-archives-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [sjthomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjthomas/)
 * (@sjthomas)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-to-generic-archives-page/#post-1729108)
 * Because that displays a list of dates. The setup I have is I’m using a home.php
   template file for the homepage. This doesn’t contain a typical list of posts.
   Hence I want to provide a link to a page listing posts, newest first, from every
   category.
 * I know, based on the template hierarchy, that I can use either archive.php or
   index.php to do this, but I’m struggling to dynamically generate a link to this
   page based on the user specified pretty link option.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Sidebar Widgets causing fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widgets-causing-fatal-error/)
 *  [sjthomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjthomas/)
 * (@sjthomas)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widgets-causing-fatal-error/#post-1054487)
 * Yep. The widgets functionality is now part of the core WordPress installation,
   not a plugin. Although it’s been like that for several versions (since version
   2.2 in fact), which makes it odd that you’ve just come across this version (I
   would have expected it in 2.7). WordPress call the old widget plugin (the one
   you’re trying to activate) deprecated, meaning it’s no longer supported and has
   been replaced (and is also likely to stop working in a future version).
 * In 2.7 you set up your widgets on the Appearance > Widgets page, but it only 
   works if the theme you’re using is set up to utilise widgets. Have you changed
   themes recently? I’ve heard of a problem where certain widgets get locked to 
   certain themes.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Comments Boxes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-boxes/)
 *  [sjthomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjthomas/)
 * (@sjthomas)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-boxes/#post-1054474)
 * Do you mean the comments against each post? This will vary depending on the theme
   you’re using. Typically it’s called comments.php or comments-form.php or something
   similar in your template’s directory. Look for the textarea html tag.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Adding Permalink rules](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permalink-rules/)
 *  [sjthomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjthomas/)
 * (@sjthomas)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-permalink-rules/#post-1054472)
 * You may want to look at the Redirection plugin ([http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/))
   if you want to redirect. Otherwise, you may want to make it so that your new 
   URLs are the same as your old ones. In the first example, is “Adobe-Flex” the
   category the post is in? If so, you can change your permalink structure to /%
   category%/%postname%/ although [as the codex page says, it’s not recommended for performance reasons](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Sidebar Widgets causing fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widgets-causing-fatal-error/)
 *  [sjthomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjthomas/)
 * (@sjthomas)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-widgets-causing-fatal-error/#post-1054470)
 * What version did you upgrade from? WordPress brought widget management into the
   ore a couple of versions ago, the problem you’re seeing is because the default
   WordPress widget definition is conflicting with the plugin you’re trying to activate
   because they do the same thing (and specifically, use the same declarations).
 * You may want to start here [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets_Api](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets_Api)
 * I don’t have any experience with the pre 2.2 widget plugin, but I’d say the best
   bet is to uninstall it and move your widgets over to the default WordPress implementation.
   But YMMV. Hope that helps.

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