Hi,

Loving the Atahualpa theme! But, in the widget admin page, I have widget areas 1-4 listed as options, but when I put something in those boxes, it doesn't show up anywhere on my website. How do I add those areas?

Also, is it possible to put a widget/plugin on a specific page? Is there some easy way to make this happen (I don't know php). What about adding to the center column?

I read through some of the posts and they were either over my head or I didn't find a simple answer to the above....

Thanks in advance!

Where did you put the new widget area code? As for having them on particular pages you might use a plugin such as "Display Widgets" and set the widget in question to display on that page.

I have seen plugins that allow you to put widgets on pages but putting one in the center column would mean editing a theme file.

Thank you for the response! Will check out those plugins.

I didn't know I had to put widget code anywhere - is there an easy way to show me how? Apologies if this is answered elsewhere....I didn't come across it in my search.

I am already using dynamic widgets plugin so I can modify the widgets in the sidebar by page/post.

I want to do something like have the center column have a static paragraph then have the widget just below it listing recent posts in a particular category.

I have a work-around now where I have put an inner side bar so I have a text widget above the recent posts widget, but the formatting is not uniform with my website overall and per another post, I'm having troubles eliminating that sidebar from my Business Directory listings pages (I would have to do it one by one for thousands of listings and every new listing that is added, modify that by hand too).

is it possible to put a widget/plugin on a specific page?

yes, put it in index.php and wrap it in a php IF statement checking to see if it is on the correct page. for example

<?php if (is_page( 9 )) { bfa_widget_area('name=My new widget area'); };  ?>

I am also having trouble getting a widget area to show up in the center column on my static front page. I am using the latest version of Atahualpa and Wordpress.

In the option Appearance->Widgets, I see the center column loop widget area. I have added a widget there, Recent posts, and used Dynamic Widgets to assign it to the front page. But it doesn't show up.

Am i misunderstanding how to do this?
Am I missing another step?

Originally Posted by lmilesw

Where did you put the new widget area code? As for having them on particular pages you might use a plugin such as "Display Widgets" and set the widget in question to display on that page.

I have seen plugins that allow you to put widgets on pages but putting one in the center column would mean editing a theme file.

this is a great little plugin using it in WordPress 3.4.2 with Atahualpa Version 3.7.9 but can't figure where to adjust the gap between the widget and the menu bar, my build is here http://stevenpotter.com.au/test/ any pointers?

the gap is caused by the 'height=...' you put in your table rows

Originally Posted by juggledad

the gap is caused by the 'height=...' you put in your table rows

but it seems no matter how I change it the gap does not close

Try removing the height for the table.