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1. yasmincolemanportraits
   Member
   Apr 17, 2011, 10:01 AM

   Hi all.

   I'd like to add the blog subscription widget to my default sidebar without losing everything else. Is this possible? When I drag the widget to the sidebar and view it everything else has disappeared!

   I've tried recreating the original by adding various widgets but I can't add everything that's missing. The theme is Greenery by iLemoned.

   http://booksandfoodanddogsandstuff.wordpress.com

   Thanks for any help,

   Yasmin

   The blog I need help with is booksandfoodanddogsandstuff.wordpress.com.

2. 1tess
   Moderator
   Apr 17, 2011, 12:10 PM

   This article should help:
   http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/the-no-widgets-paradox/

   especially this:

   • Some users experience difficulties with dragging. If that’s the case, you can click “Screen Options” (while on the Widgets screen) and tick “Enable accessibility mode”: that will produce a more surefire “Add” tab to the right of each widget name.

3. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 17, 2011, 1:24 PM

   "I've tried recreating the original by adding various widgets but I can't add everything that's missing".

   That's what you need to do, and you can add everything that's missing. The respective widgets are:
   Search
   Recent Posts
   Archives
   Categories
   RSS Links
   Links
   Meta

4. yasmincolemanportraits
   Member
   Apr 17, 2011, 4:18 PM

   Thank you everyone.
   I've used widgets and got as close as I can....the "Recent Posts" isn't quite the same as the default "Latest"...I should just stop being so precious!

   I found this on the link Tess posted:
   • The default sidebar items of a theme are artificially generated from the theme’s underlying files: in some cases they are not identical in look and/or function to the standard widgets common to practically all* wp.com themes.

   Once again, thank you :o)

5. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 18, 2011, 1:25 AM

   @yasmin: You're welcome.
   The passage you quoted was written by me, but I fail to see any difference between the "Latest" widget and the "Recent Posts" widget in Greenery (other than the title, which you can change).

6. yasmincolemanportraits
   Member
   Apr 18, 2011, 9:30 AM

   Recent post lists only posts, the default Latest shows latest actib=vity including page updates, but I can get round this by posting to say I have added something to a page.

7. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 18, 2011, 3:25 PM

   Thanks - hadn't noticed that!

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