Widgets

There are several sidebar widget options for the theme, which were built for this theme only. To use them, go to your WordPress administration panel (dashboard) and click the “Presentation” tab. Then, click the link to “Widgets.” From there, you can drag and drop your widgets into any sidebar (home, single, or archive).

Use this list to navigate your way through the widgets you can use:

  1. Tabs
  2. Ads
  3. Tags
  4. Video
  5. Video Non-post
  6. Flickr
  7. Recent
  8. Asides
  9. Subscribe
  10. Custom

Tabs

Displays a tabbed section. The content of the tabs can be set in “Options Theme Settings.”

File name: tabs.php
Custom fields: none

Ads

Displays a section for your ads. You must edit the files manually at this point.

File name: ads-a.php, ads-b.php
Custom fields: none

Tags

Displays a tag cloud of your site’s tags.

File name: tags.php
Custom fields: none

Video

Shows your latest video post with the tag of “Videos.”

File name: video-sidebar.php
Custom fields: Video

Video Non-post

Shows a YouTube, Google, or other type of video in your sidebar. You must input the video embed URL in the “Options Theme Settings” page.

File name: video-non-posted.php
Custom fields: none

Flickr

Displays a feed of your latest Flickr photos. You need the Flickr RSS plugin for this to work.

After activating the plugin, you need to set a few things. Go to your WordPress dashboard and click on “Options.” Then click the “flickrRSS” link. Make sure to set your User ID. Set the Display to “user photos using 6 square images. Don’t set the Before/After section. Leave it empty.

Don’t use the “flickrRSS” widget. Make sure to use “Flickr 1,” “Flickr 2,” or “Flickr 3.”

File name: flickr.php
Custom fields: none

Recent

Shows your most recent posts with a thumbnail. You can control how many posts and from what category or tag by editing “recent.php.” Just edit these lines:


$cat_name = '';
$tag_name = '';
$posts_wanted = 5;

So, if you wanted to get the most recent posts from your Entertainment category, you’d just change it to look like this:


$cat_name = 'Entertainment';
$tag_name = '';
$posts_wanted = 5;

File name: recent.php
Custom fields: Thumbnail, Thumbnail Alt

Asides

Shows a list of your asides, which is sort of like a sideblog or snippets. Just give any short post you want to be an aside a tag of “Asides.” The full post content will show up in this section, so don’t use it for long posts.

File name: asides.php
Custom fields: none

Subscribe

Basic feed and email subscription links. You must set your feed URLs in the “Options Theme Settings” page.

File name: subscribe-sidebar.php
Custom fields: none

Custom

Do whatever you want with these files. Customize to your liking.

File name: sidebar-custom-a.php, sidebar-custom-b.php
Custom fields: If you want to use them…

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