How to USe Wordpress Widgets

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Slide 2: Wordpress Widgets • What is a widget A widget is a way of displaying all your links, adds and text in your sidebar without the need to understand much about how Wordpress works. There are also a number of free widgets you can use.

Slide 3: Wordpress Widgets • How to add widgets You must have a widget enabled template and if you use Wordpress 2.2 or greater they should appear in your presentation tab.

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Slide 5: Wordpress Widgets • How to add widgets At the bottom of the screen you will see a row of available widgets and you simply drag the widget you want into the Default Side Bar Box. This will over write your current sidebar.

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Slide 9: Wordpress Widgets Configure the widget by clicking here. Many widgets let you choose different preferences

Slide 10: Wordpress Widgets • Text widgets Text Widgets let you add all sorts of added information and you can use html for forms, advertising and much more.

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Slide 13: Wordpress Widgets • You can rearrange widgets by dragging them to different positions • You can upload new widgets to your plugin folder • You can add more text widgets on the widgets page • You can customize different widgets with parameters if included.

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