Can I include static text as welcome to blog page?
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Is it possible to add a piece of (static) introductory text onto a blog page in twenty fourteen – or include some CSS that enables this? Any suggestions welcome!
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I would suggest using a text widget at the top of the right sidebar and then setting the widget visibility so that it only appears where you want it to.
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Ah, that seems like a good idea. I’m having a couple of problems though:
1) I want the text to show on the blog page, rather than the individual posts, but when I set visibility to “Show if Page is Blog” it doesn’t appear (however when I set it to “Show if Page is Post” it does appear).
2) I’d like to format the text a little – break it into two or three paragraphs and add in a couple of links.
Is it possible to do this?
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The easiest way to format a text widget is to compose it as a draft Post, using the visual editing tools. Then click to the Text editor, copy all the code, and paste that in the text widget.
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Thanks, that’s enabled me to add in the links but it still doesn’t pick up the paragraphing and is still not showing on the “Blog” page. Is there anything else I can do?
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At the bottom of the text widget text area, check the box that says, “Automatically add paragraphs”.
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Right now I see the text widget in the “content” sidebar visibility set incorrectly. It should look like this:
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I tried setting it as Blog but the text didn’t show. I have now set it as “Show if Page is Posts Page” and that seems to make it appear on the Blog page. Don’t understand why though?!
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Ah, good to know. You just taught me something. The “blog” page is a sort of special page and not a normal page. I think we confused it. :)
And you are welcome.
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