We’ve got Widgets on the blog now! Ok, you can’t really tell but I certainly can from inside WordPress. The new version of WP, 2.0x supports what they call widgets. What they are is plugins that allow you to put all sorts of stuff on your sidebar VERY easily. All you do is put the main widget file into the plugin directory and then activate it. Once you do that you can put widget enabled plugins in the directory and it allows you to customize your sidebar without doing a line of html. Then in the Presentation manager you just drag and drop whatever you want from one pane to the other and you have your sidebar however you want it. Everything you see on my sidebar is part of the widgets and I can arrange them in any order.
Pretty cool for us Geeks.
I want Widgets…
Comment by Donna — Wednesday June 14, 2006 @ 9:36 pm
And you shall have them…
Comment by Don — Wednesday June 14, 2006 @ 9:42 pm
I never notice your sidebar because I RSS directly to your newest page, which doesn’t show them.
Comment by Daryl — Thursday June 15, 2006 @ 5:58 pm
Yeah, guys, Richard’s and my sidebars are still available even when you are viewing only one entry. Neither of yours are.
Comment by Donna — Thursday June 15, 2006 @ 8:42 pm
That’s due to the theme you’re using. Daryl and I are using Kubrick, AKA default.
Comment by Don — Thursday June 15, 2006 @ 8:44 pm
This shows you can use other themes with Widgets. I actually like this theme quite a bit. I think I’ll keep it for a while.
Comment by Don — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 2:13 pm
Wow, pretty, but somehow it just doesn’t say “Don” to me. Maybe it’s the pink, maybe the title font, but it seems a bit feminine for you.
Daryl installed WP2.0 on Lauren’s blog and I downloaded and installed about 8 themes we can switch between. I do like the way the thumbnails of them show up in the admin panel … WP1.0 just gives the name.
Comment by Donna — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 3:20 pm
This wouldn’t be my first choice for a theme…
Comment by Daryl — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
It’s not pink, it’s purple.
Comment by Don — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 7:25 pm
I like the photo, but the black and white is a little boring. You can do better. Come on!
Comment by Donna — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 8:02 pm
This is pretty cool.
Comment by Donna — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 9:25 pm
Now this I really like.
Comment by Don — Saturday June 17, 2006 @ 11:26 pm
Thanks for all the help upgrading WP and installing widgets for Lauren and me!
Comment by Donna — Tuesday July 4, 2006 @ 9:39 pm