Featured Images in Editing
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When editing a page, the Featured Image choice (bottom right sidebar of Edit) allows a “featured image” be inserted either into the post or as a featured image. Is / can this be page specific, or are you just editing a widget image which is applied to all pages? Does that make sense.
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P.S. – I get that if it’s inserted into a post, that’s where it will show up. I’m trying to get a featured image by page in the right sidebar.
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Depending on the theme you’re using, the featured image will appear in the header of the Post or Page you’ve attached it to.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/To get a featured image in your blog’s sidebar, try the Image Widget. You can link to whatever Post or Page you choose, but you can only use the Image Widget once.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/image-widget/Alternatively, you could also put the image link in a Text Widget, and you can use as many of those as you wish and even put multiple images in the same Text Widget.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/Make your sidebar “featured” image to fit the width of your sidebar or you may have some unexpected problems.
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Thanks! It took me a while just to find may way back here. I seem to be having trouble navigating – and I’m usually pretty good at things like this. Great information and detail. I’m [trying] to use Vigilance theme. I think my problem is your 2nd paragraph above. Once you use an image widget, you’re done (?) I was hoping the image widget in a sidebar could be page dependent – Maybe sidebar layout the same throughout, but each page would have a slightly different image in the same place in the sidebar.
Can you get an image to show in a text widget, or just a link to the image? I think I’m trying to do things that require html or CSS knowledge. Time for a class!
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If you aren’t familiar with HTML, the easiest way to make text/images/links for the Text Widget is to write what you want to appear in the Text Widget in a draft Post/Page in the Visual Editor, and then switch to the HTML editor, copy and paste what’s there to the Text Widget.
Classes are always an excellent idea. :)
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While WordPress.com gives you the option to use a featured image as a Custom header on a specific Post or Page, the sidebar is static, meaning whatever is in the sidebar appears on all pages wherever the sidebar shows up.
I know that some of our CSS wizards will be happy to prove me wrong.
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You’re a genius! Seriously, not only do you fully understand the question(s), your answers are clear and concise. Using the text editor for a WYSIWYG draft post then copying the HTML to the text widget . . . brilliant! Akin to the elegant simplicity and universally functional design of the nautilus shell and other fractals! Can’t believe I didn’t think of it :-)
No kidding. You moved me along nicely and saved me a ton of time. If you have any recommendations for HTML / CSS tutorials or references / books specific to use in WP, (beyond WP tutorials) please pass them along. Thanks again.
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