Want several tabs design each tab independently. Is that possible?
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As a former software developer (well, like a hundred years ago) I feel a fool to have to ask this question. And I really should take the big leap into the HTML/CSS ocean once and for all and learn the goddamn thing. But as it is, I don’t have the time …
I need to create a blog (or web site) where I would need one or two static tabs (so called “pages”) with general info, one tab with a dynamic blog and one tab with a calendar gadget. And I can’t figure out how to do it! It seems that the “pages” are acting like the pages in Blogger, i.e. the are really nothing but posts. That means that the “pages” are not behaving like separate tabs, which you could design individually, but just a way to layer the content.
But I would like to add a calendar widget to one of the tabs, which in that case needs to be designed differently. Is that possible in any way?
Thanks a million in advance!
Görel, SwedenThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Pages are not posts. They sit outside the blog structure and are very different from posts. See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
Write page > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#writing-a-new-page
Aside form Archives and Categories pages, there’s only one running page for posts on a blog that will automatically update when you publish a post. You can choose to display your posts on a static page you create rather than on the front page of your blog here > Settings > Reading
But I would like to add a calendar widget to one of the tabs, which in that case needs to be designed differently. Is that possible in any way?
All widgets can only be displayed in sidebars and cannot be displayed in posts.
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Although most of what you want to do is possible here at wordpress.COM, the calendar page is not. That would require a plugin and plugins are not allowed here at wordpress.COM.
You might be better served with a self-hosted installation of the wordpress.ORG software on a third-party hosting site such as godaddy or bluehost, etc.
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Thank you, both!
The calendar I want to use is a widget, but are you saying that it’s not possible to put a widget on a static page?
Thanks again!
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No, widgets go in the sidebar, and most calendar widgets contain restricted code such as javascript or flash which is not allowed here due to security concerns.
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The widget does indeed contain a Javascript which I understand from above is not permitted. I guess I have to solve it in another way.
Thanks anyway!
BR/Görel
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You are correct on two points.
The first is the one I stated above – widgets cannot be placed on static pages; they can only be placed in sidebars.
The second is that javascript cannot be used on wordpress.com blogs as the software will strip out the code to preserve security on this multiuser blogging platform. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/
If the “calendar” you refer to is a Google calendar then there is an RSS feed workaround found here > http://helensnerdyblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/how-to-add-a-google-calendar-to-your-wordpresscom-blog-using-the-rss-widget/
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