Cheers,
frq.

checked( $instance['show_sex'], true );

to:

checked(isset( $instance['show_sex']) ? $instance['show_sex'] : 0  );

frq.

I noticed something though. My checkbox was not updating and was off all the time. I changed a little the code (copied from the default Text Widget) to something like this:
line 97, from:

$instance['show_sex'] = $new_instance['show_sex'];

to:

$instance['show_sex'] = isset($new_instance['show_sex']);

line 136, just the checked part of it, from:

to:

Then it started working. I don’t know if it has something to do with 2.9, but it worked for me that way.

Thanks again,
frq.

PS: Checking my writing for the last time before hitting the submit button got me wondering what one might think seeing just these lines of code with a variable called $show_sex

I’ve got the widget working, but had a question. For those who want to write php codes directly into their theme without using a widget, how would I go about this? I know the code should be like this normally:

if(function_exists(‘function-name’)) { function-name(); }

But I can’t seem to figure out which function name I’m suppose to use and also, inside the function-name() I’d love to be able to allow the users to add their own name/sex right inside (ie: function-name(‘mike’,'male’);

Is this a simple fix, or something that takes a fair bit of editing?

Thanks for any help you can give Justin.

Is there a way to just add some default php code in the widget? I’m trying to create widget that will show subpages.

Nevertheless, how to get your widget to show in the widgets admin is clearly described in the tutorial above. Actually, it’s the first step.