WordPress.com Forums » Topic: using widgets http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets WordPress.com Forums » Topic: using widgets en Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 drmike on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52199 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:30:08 +0000 drmike 52199@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

why would a theme disable them?

To answer this question though, you have to add in support to the themes, they don't diable the support. Some theme designers have already done this, some haven't.

You can find a walkthru on updating your theme here.

But, as TT says, you do need to be at the other site.

Good luck and hope this helps,
-drmike

]]> timethief on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52103 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:22:08 +0000 timethief 52103@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yup you're in the wrong forum. You're welcome and best wishes. :)

]]> alternapop on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52102 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:20:08 +0000 alternapop 52102@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i was using Fluidity3c 1.0, and during the past 10 mins have been playing with other themes, which is why you think i have my user name linked to "that other site". i believe that other site is my site with probably some weird theme applied. i changed it back to fluidity.

it sounds like i'm in the wrong forum then. whoops. didn't even realize the two (.com and .org) were different. i guess i thought some people installed the software on their own site and some used the same software hosted. looks like i learned something today.

thanks

]]> timethief on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52094 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:01:54 +0000 timethief 52094@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @alternapop
Let's start with this. You can unlink your ussername in the forum from that other site and link it instead to your wordpress.com blog. That way I will know which theme you have and be able to instruct you accordingly. There is no turning on and turning off. Some themes do not have widgets at all. So work with me here and we'll get you up and running, okay?

This will introduce you to some basic wordpress.com resources. And this will help with the set up and configuring of widgets.

(1) So which theme are you using?
(2) Are you sure you have a wordpress.com blog and not a wordpress.org blog?
The two run on different software. If you have a blog template from http://wordpress.org you are totally in the wrong support forum. In that case you need to be over here http://wordpress.org/support because we don't have plug-ins at wordpress.com.

]]> alternapop on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52091 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:52:52 +0000 alternapop 52091@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ why would a theme disable them? is it possible to turn them on in this case? is it not advised?
thanks!

]]> raincoaster on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52090 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:51:58 +0000 raincoaster 52090@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It probably means that the theme you're using doesn't allow widgets. Some of them don't. You may not see the widgets at all until you switch themes, as there's no sense presenting them to you if you can't use them.

]]> alternapop on "using widgets" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-widgets#post-52088 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:50:48 +0000 alternapop 52088@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ this page:

http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/12/24/what-is-a-widget/

describes how to get to widgets:

"Where are they?
Inside your blog, click ‘Presentation’ and one of the submenus will be ‘Sidebar Widgets’

yet when i follow these instructions, i only see "themes" and "theme editor" under 'Presentation'. i've checked options elsewhere to see if i need to turn them on but don't see them mentioned anywhere else. is there a plugin that i need to install?
i am using the fluidity theme. could this be the problem?

thanks!!!

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