Adding link in sidebar
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On my homepage below my Search Box, I want to add a link to my contact form page. How can I do that without losing everything already in my sidebar?
My blog is at writerhoward.wordpress.com.
P.S. How could I have made the above link “active”?
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The link would have been active if it were an entire url, ie: with http://
You could add the link in a text widget but if your current sidebar is the original, then you’d need to reconstruct it with widgets.
Or you could make your contact form a Page alongside About, etc. I didn’t see a form there at all, just a link to a subpage.
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I’m unsure what you mean by “make your contact form a Page alongside About.” To you mean adding a button in the top button bar for Contact?
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I thought about reconstructing my sidebar, but how can I get the widgets to align as they currently do? (I’m new to this.)
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Yes, a tab (“button”) is what I mean. Simply publish the page as a Page, not a post and the tab wlll be added. See this in the FAQ:
You can also see it in use on my blog, if you wish.
Your widgets will be wherever you place them. If you haven’t already, take a look at Presentation/Widgets from your dashboard to see how it works. HTH
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Where’s your blog?
Is it easy to reconstruct the sidebar and get the same alignment as it current has? The right sidebar has two columns.
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Just click on my name to get to my blog. You can add yours to your name in your profile.
Reconstructing your sidebar is a simple matter of drag and drop. I don’t know if your theme provides two columns on your widget page. Does it?
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I’m using Regulus. In my Widgets page there’s just one sidebar. But in my blog’s sidebar notice how Blog Roll is next to Categories. That’s the effect I want to keep.
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Yes, I noticed that when I looked at your blog earlier. I don’t know if your theme will allow you to place widgets side-by-side instead of one of top of the other. Perhaps someone who does know will pop in and try to help further. Sorry. :(
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ellaella,
I just looked at your blog. Nice. Yours is much more advanced than mine.
Are you using a template available through wordpress.com?
Howard
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@writerhoward
The Regulus theme default display provides two sidebars side by side. That however is the default display and as soon as one adds widgets this changes to a single sidebar. -
I suspected that was the case re: sidebar but wasn’t sure. Thanks for the clarification
@writerhoward – My theme is Misty Look but I have the CSS upgrade and changed its look and feel quite a bit. Thanks for the kind words.
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