Widget Text in Right Sidebar Query

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    amperidis · Member ·

    Hi all,

    First my site is http://propertyofproperty.com and the theme is ‘structure’.

    So, I’ve been looking round for ways to dodge paying for a host, so I’m simply operating out of wordpress.com and do not have any plugin options. I also don’t have the CSS or html skill to tweak the theme ‘structure’ to my liking. I am an amateur but learning.

    The thing is I only have one variation I’d like to make to the theme. What I’d like is to have the flexibility to have different text appear in the text widget I’ve put in my right sidebar, on every page of the site. Basically I want the text widget to act as an introduction to each page and therefore contain specific text relative to separate pages.

    Is there any minor CSS or html tweaking I can do to achieve this without having to fork out cash for a host?

    I would really appreciate your assistance with this. I have a zero budget and could do with the assistance.

    Cheers

    Klunk

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

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    amperidis · Member ·

    or are there any other themes you know of that allow for something like that?

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    On most themes sidebar widgets, as a rule, are common to all pages of a site. The exception are those themes that *eliminate* altogether the sidebar on full posts or pages.

    So, as far as I know, it would not be possible to do what you want on WordPress.com. Would be happy to be proven wrong. :)

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    hallluke · Member ·

    You can’t use CSS to do this with the structure theme. However it might be possible just using HTML. Are you planning on using posts or will all your pages be static? You could include a div in your main content area and shift it over to the right with inline CSS for each page.

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    hallluke · Member ·

    After checking on my test blog I’ve found that using inline CSS does not prove effective in Structure. However as you have the CSS upgrade you could still achieve something similar to what you want. First you’ll need to remove your existing text widget. This method will display the about information under your site navigation on the right. This means you can type as much or as little for each page as you like without other page sections being troubled.

    On each page include a div element that looks like this:

    <div class="shifter">PAGE SPECIFIC ABOUT TEXT</div>

    Then in Appearance > Custom CSS add these few lines to the bottom of what you already have saved:

    #content {position:relative;}
div.shifter {position:absolute; right:0; width:290px; top:18em; padding-bottom:50px; text-align:right;}
#footerbg {display:none;}
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    amperidis · Member ·

    Halluke, that worked perfectly! Exactly what I was after. Thank you so very very much.

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    Very nice workaround @halluke! Bookmarked for future reference. :)

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    hallluke · Member ·

    Good to hear it worked for you. I like what you’ve done with the theme: minimal, dark and completely different from the normal Structure theme look!

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    amperidis · Member ·

    Another question…

    Is it possible to add an effect to the header in this theme. I want to try a slow fade in/out effect.

    Possible?

    Cheers

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