Widget on homepage

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  rmbodenheimer · Member · May 29, 2014 at 12:58 am

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  I can’t seem to figure out how to add a widget onto my homepage – is this possible? I wanted it in order to add some links to my homepage.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · May 29, 2014 at 1:07 am

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  Familiarize yourself with that way that theme works. You need a sidebar in order to do that, but you have it set to open on a static Contact page. I’m not sure if that theme displays sidebars on individual pages http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/

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  rodricknrobinson · Member · Jun 5, 2014 at 9:54 pm

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  I am new around here and i am having a widget of a problem myself, i almost didn’t bother. I am still hoping to learn what to do, i think there is to much information. Just saying………

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  ljb12 · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 9:31 pm

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  I’m in the same boat. I’ve read the support page too many times to count and I still can’t see my widgets. Can anyone help?

  http://2ljb.wordpress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 8, 2014 at 11:01 pm

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  I can see your widgets just fine on the left underneath the title. You have a search widget, what looks like a Recent Posts widget as a drop-down, and an archive widget.

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  ljb12 · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 12:24 am

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  There should be a “Follow Blog” invitation box, Twitter timeline and a text box…IDK what I’m doing wrong. ;-(

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 1:41 am

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  Are you putting them in the SAME sidebar as those widgets? How have you configured the Twitter timeline? What are the visibility settings on those widgets? What did you put in the text widget?

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  ljb12 · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 2:23 am

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  I put three Widgets in the Main Sidebar
  Follow Blog: Follow Sweet & Simple
  Twitter Timeline
  Text: For The Record

  Visibility Settings for Follow Blog
  Show if:
  Page is Front Page or
  Page is Posts page or
  Page is Post or
  Page is Can’t We Just Be Happy or
  Page is In My Considered Opinion

  Visibility Settings for Twitter Timeline
  Show if:
  Page is Posts page or
  Page is Post or
  Page is Can’t We Just Be Happy

  I created this Widget on my Twitter Page

  Tweets by @ljbxu
  <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+”://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);</script>

  and this WordPress short code

  [twitter-timeline id= 475823527174500352ljbxu=2ljb.wordpress.com]

  Visibility Settings for Text
  Page is Posts page or
  Page is Post or
  Page is Can’t We Just Be Happy

  The Text Entry Reads
  The original characters and plot are the property of E.L. James. I’m just having a lil’ fun. No copyright infringement intended.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2014 at 2:30 am

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  Please read this detailed article on your theme: http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/workings-of-duster/

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  ljb12 · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 12:28 am

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  Thank you, but…oh well, :-(