WordPress Widgets and Menus
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Molecularcode Web Design and Development Alex R http://molecularcodewebdesign alex@molecularcodewebdesign Beginners WordPress.com Course | West Island Women’s Centre |Winter Widgets WIFI network: WIWC Password: wiwcwin14
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WIWC wordpress.com course. How to use widgets and menus.
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MolecularcodeWeb Design and Development
Alex Ruauxhttp://[email protected]
Beginners WordPress.com Course | West Island Women’s Centre |Winter 2014
Widgets
WIFI network: WIWCPassword: wiwcwin14
What’s A Widget
A small tool that adds functionality or content to your site.
Usually in the sidebar (may be in footer).
e.g: calendar, photo stream, countdown, twitter feed, search box, social media icons, archive of posts, text and links etc...
Widgets in the Sidebar
text description
search box
calendar
archive dropdown
image
Types of Widgets
Widgets that help readers navigate your sitee.g. post archive, tag cloud, categories, search box
Widgets that share content and connecte.g. follow, like /tweet button
Widgets that pull in content from elsewheree.g. flickr stream, twitter feed
Versatilee.g. text and images
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-configured/#leswidgets
Menus
Menus
Need at least one menu for navigation
Top, sidebar, footer
Menu
Menu
Menu
Menu
Menus
Change the order of your pages
Create sub-menus by nesting pages under ‘parent’ pages
Create custom links
*Pages only show in the menu editor once published, not when a draft
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-published/#lecustommenu
