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1. 5700words
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 4:23 AM

   At this website: http://newsrealblog.com/ there is a feature that I would like to put into my blog, which uses the same Vigilance template.

   Notice on the right sidebar he has pictures which, when clicked, go to a separate page? Also, notice how there are several pictures, all under the same Title at the top? How did he do that? His pictures are active links, but in a text widget. Or is he doing something else?

   Lornakismet
   also a Vigilance user

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

2. raincoaster
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 4:35 AM

   That's exactly it: a text widget with images, each of which is linked. If you don't know how to write this as code, just write it up as a Draft Post, putting in anything you like, using all the buttons like Center, Link, etc. When you like what you've got, click to the HTML editor, copy all the code, and paste that in the text widget.

3. leetgamer
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 7:04 AM

   He uses the text widget and probably uses an image hoster site for the image source. Then he uses this code for his images: <img src="IMAGE SOURCE">. I use the same method, and it's quite nice actually.

4. leetgamer
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 7:05 AM

   My bad, < a href="LINK GOES HERE" > < img src= " IMAGE SOURCE " border= "0" > < /a >

5. justjennifer
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 8:34 AM

   Text widgets are much more versatile than you'd think. Almost the entire top of my site's sidebar from "Subscribe & Bookmark" down to just above the WP.com twitter widget is a single text widget.

   If you aren't familiar with coding in HTML, do as raincoaster suggested.

6. 5700words
   Member
   Nov 17, 2009, 9:52 PM

   Raincoaster and Leetgamer: Thank you for the information, and
   Just Jennifer: Is what you said possible because of the “Automatically Add Paragraphs” feature that I saw inside the Text widget? So I can keep adding HTML but it all stays inside that one text widget? If so, very cool.

   But how did that person at http://newsrealblog.com/ make just the PICTURE an active hyperlink????
   ~Lorna

7. raincoaster
   Member
   Nov 18, 2009, 12:43 AM

   Just like we said. You can make Text a link or an Image. It just depends on which bit you enclose in the A tags/which bit you select before hitting the Link icon.

8. justjennifer
   Member
   Nov 18, 2009, 7:37 AM

   http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/image-links/ will help with how to make images into images with links.

   In my case, no, it didn't have anything to do with the "Automatically Add Paragraphs". I wrote out the code using some CSS from the style sheet.

   Regardless, anything you write in a text widget will stay in that text widget.

9. 5700words
   Member
   Dec 26, 2009, 8:25 AM

   Hey----- I just read your help and will try to employ your suggestions. I love blogging. :-)

   ~Lorna kismet

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