Your Questions About Wordpress Widgets
August 28th, 2011 | 
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Sharon asks…
How or where do you add widgets to Wordpress blogs?
On wordpress blogs they give you free widgets to add to your site, but I want to add external widgets to my blog. I am not sure how to paste the widget code and where to add it. Do you paste under widgets or headers or in the main body of a post?
bgc answers:
Hi Andy,
It sounds like you are using Wordpress.com (the free service), and not the Wordpress.org software on a self hosted site.
If this is the case, then the short answer is, you can’t do that with a Wordpress.com site.
Here is a support page from Wordpress.com that explains some of the differences between the two systems:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Look under Wordpress.com cons.
Charles asks…
How to hide sidebars/widgets in wordpress on my sales page?
Hi,
I’m trying to make a sales page in wordpress, but I don’t want my 2 sidebars/widgets to show on the sales page to optimize my sales page. How can I do this? I have 2 sidebars/widgets that I don’t want them to show on my sales page.
bgc answers:
You can use a pretty easy plugin called widget logic for that, which will allow you to tell worpdress where you want or don’t want your widgets displayed:
http://www.inforats.com/set-a-wordpress-widget-to-appear-on-some-pages/
Maria asks…
How to add wordpress widgets in my site?
Hi, I have recently published a new blog
MaketakaOnline.Com
How can I add a widget to show any affiliate banner ads in my Sidebar 2 under “recent Comments”?
Waiting for your help………….
bgc answers:
1. Go to Appearance -> Widgets
2. Drag a Text widget to the sidebar
3. Add Your Affiliate banner code to Text box and save
That should do it
Ken asks…
How do I add third party widgets to free wordpress blogs ?
Hi, i have a free wordpress blog. I have added the widgets that come in the widget section. But how do I add widgets that are from third parties such as clustermaps? If free wordpress blogs don’t allow that, which free blog service allows that ?
bgc answers:
Www.blogace.com and then suggest the widget and it will get added.
Joseph asks…
How do I place web counters and PayPal widgets on my WordPress website?
Hi, I need a step by step account on how to install a donate PayPal widget and a site counter on my Wordpress website. I just signed up for one however it seems that the website is totally different from years ago when putting widgets and plug ins. Please help.
bgc answers:
I assume you already have the code for the PayPal widget and counter? These are usually supplied by the company providing them in a form you can copy and then paste into your WP blog.
As a rule, it should simply be a matter of pasting the code into a sidebar widget in your WordPress “Appearances” section.
You need to add a “Text” widget (or more than one, if you prefer – one for PayPal, one for the counter). In each, simply edit the text widget and paste in the code you’ve been given.
There *may* be a problem with some themes in which case it can get a little complicated. However, in the vast majority of cases, the above should work.
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