1) Can you use a plug-ins when using a theme?

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  ursalataan · Member · Sep 14, 2011 at 5:59 pm

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  I would like to use a theme that’s already ready. Can I customize and add an events-calendar plugin?
  Blog url: http://ursalafoodtravellove.wordpress.com/

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  coffeemanmatt · Member · Sep 14, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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  You can add an event calendar to your blog by embedding a Google Calendar in either your sidebar or in a page.

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  ursalataan · Member · Sep 14, 2011 at 7:01 pm

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  Thanks coffeemanmatt! I can see the benefit if other people use google calendar. Downside, you would have to update events through google calendar instead of wordpress. Now to learn about embedding this…it’s not like a video where there is an embedding button.

  I also found this http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-calendar/ She says,

  “If you are not using a widget ready theme, you can still have the calendar on your sidebar. Simply place <?php sidebarEventsCalendar();?> (or <?php sidebarEventsList($number_of_items);?> if you want a list) in the sidebar file. The widget can also show a specified number of events as a list. You will find these options under the widget option.”

  But I don’t see a field in the sidebar to input any code. There is only a title box and select which sidebar and position.

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  ursalataan · Member · Sep 14, 2011 at 7:25 pm

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  I found a great tutorial on how to embed a google calendar into WordPress. It even shows you a quick way to edit the calendar.

  Simple as that!