WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Appearance Theme Options - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/appearance-theme-options WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Appearance Theme Options - Recent Posts en Thu, 23 May 2013 19:27:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1151863 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:08:12 +0000 impetusetudiant 1151863@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ahhh. K. Thanks for the explanation. Appreciate it!

]]> designsimply on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1151814 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:19:39 +0000 designsimply 1151814@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can't move content from one page to another using just CSS. What you can do with CSS is adjust the appearance of things that are already on the page.

I checked the info page for The Columnist theme:
http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/the-columnist/

And it says:

Widgets will not appear in any template where multiple posts are displayed.

That means there's not a way to add widgets to the home page displaying multiple posts. It's a limitation of the theme.

If you wanted to go deeper, you can get full control of the code, including HTML and PHP and the theme itself, if you switch to a WordPress.org setup.

]]> impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1132294 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:44:39 +0000 impetusetudiant 1132294@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Euh... Kay I give up. Thought I could work it out from what you provided above, but I'm still coming up short.

The cats and tags will display beside each post (single post left column), but I've been aiming to have them on the front page instead (main left column)... 'Twas why I mentioned the display issue above ... Maybe has something to do with it? All my efforts to date have been futile :)

]]> impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1132063 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:04:16 +0000 impetusetudiant 1132063@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dead on. Thank-you!

]]> designsimply on "Custom addition of widget to a Page (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-of-widget-to-a-page-the-columnist#post-1102859 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:53:45 +0000 designsimply 1102859@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist?replies=2#post-1102854

Then put any widgets you want to see appear on the left in the "Sidebar 1" widget area on your Appearnce → Themes page.

]]> designsimply on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1102854 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:41:33 +0000 designsimply 1102854@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Based on your current configuration (using all of the footer widget areas), you can move the tag cloud widget from below posts to the left sidebar using absolute positioning. Here is an example to get you started:

#first {
	position: absolute;
	top: 460px;
	left: -280px;
	width: 223px;
}

.three .widget-area, .four .widget-area {
	width: 193px;
}

You may also want to give the bottom of the tag cloud a little extra room:

#wp_tag_cloud div {
	padding-bottom: .2em;
}
]]> impetusetudiant on "Custom addition of widget to a Page (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-of-widget-to-a-page-the-columnist#post-1087587 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:07:37 +0000 impetusetudiant 1087587@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Kinda new and still getting familiar. Wondering if there are any CSS trick to putting the links (blogroll) widget on a page. Right now they live in my footer... Ideally I could create a page for them, and then include that page in my top menu instead.

Thanks in advance, for any tips!

]]> impetusetudiant on "Custom addition to sidebar area (The Columnist)?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/custom-addition-to-sidebar-area-the-columnist#post-1087581 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:03:24 +0000 impetusetudiant 1087581@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi There,

I'd like to move some of my widgets to the left column of my blog - the category and tag cloud in particular. They are presently in the footer, in accordance with the theme's design.

I can see the sidebar entry in the original CSS, and that it's display is "none". But I can't seem to change that, no matter what I try. I should add that I'm not skilled with code :)

Any insights?

]]> raincoaster on "how do I get my sidebar back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-sidebar-back#post-982501 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:41:47 +0000 raincoaster 982501@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Dashbord->Appearance->Theme options.

]]> citizensfortruth on "how do I get my sidebar back?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-sidebar-back#post-982483 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:36:02 +0000 citizensfortruth 982483@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My sidebar disappeared when I changed themes from Picrow to The Columnist. I went to the widgets page under Appearance and it says my widgets are still there, but the sidebar is optional. How do I choose the optional sidebar? Thank you.
Blog url: http://citizensfortruth.wordpress.com/

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