Images on sidebar…

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  mysterysleuth · Member · Sep 14, 2008 at 7:57 pm

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  I was wondering if you can put images on your sidebar…? and if so, can it be a clickable link image? I don’t know if that makes any sense but if you can help it would be appreciated. I have tried to put images on my sidebar with the ‘text’ widget, but no link/image code seems to work in it.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Sep 14, 2008 at 8:54 pm

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  For an image:
  <img src="URL_of_uploaded_image">

  For an image that acts as a link:
  <a href="targetURL"><img src="URL_of_uploaded_image"></a>
  Make sure you use images small enough to fit in the sidebar.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 14, 2008 at 8:55 pm

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  A search of the FAQ’s for “image in a text widget” brought the following:

  http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/put-an-image-in-your-sidebar/
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/10/27/how-can-i-post-buttons-and-images-links-in-my-sidebar/
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/12/24/what-is-a-widget/

  There is an enormous amount of very useful information covering virtually everything there is to know about wordpress.COM in the FAQ’s, and the search feature works very well.

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  mysterysleuth · Member · Sep 15, 2008 at 10:49 pm

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  I’ve already tried several image codes such as img scr already, and I have searched the faq. I still cannot get an image on my sidebar, no matter what theme. I have a photobucket, and I uploaded the image I want to use to it. I took the url and tried it with both img with brackets and img with arrows (<,>) and arrows with imag scr. I am not aware of any other img code from what I know about HTML.
  I know that the image isn’t too big because it’s under 200×200.
  Is it possibly just my account? Or is it some freaky glitch? Or is it possibly the file, .gif, not working on wordpress for some reason… ?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 15, 2008 at 11:07 pm

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  If you want the image, but do not want it linked to anything, use this: <img src="linktoimage" alt="" title="" /> and replace linktoimage, between the quote marks with the full URL of the image at photobucket.

  If you want the image to link to another page (URL) then use this: <a href="linktopage"><img src="linktoimage" alt="" title="" /> </a> Again replace the text linktoimage with the URL of the image. Then replace the linktopage with the URL you wish the image to link to.