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2 to 3 widgets in the Feature section?

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6:59 pm
July 6, 2009


sdharlow

Member

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I am currently using an Optin Form adder widget in my Feature section. When I originally installed it, it automatically moved it to the left side, which is fine. It looks good there over my blog posts. Now I want to ad a video to the center of the feature area, and perhaps a little later, some other widget to the right side. How can I do this? I have installed WP Video Widget, but when I try to add it to Feature_Top, it keeps getting shoved to Sidebar_Top. I hate having that large wasted space at the top of my page, and want to use it to it's full potential.

I took a look at the Feature.php file in Editor. Everything there still appears to be intact from the original download of Flexibility2, even though I run a widget there now, and you cannot see the items listed in Feature.php.

Help with this is sincerely appriciated. To see what I'm talking about, go to http://www.steve-harlow.com

11:24 am
July 7, 2009


Ryan

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You can control the number of "columns" in the feature area in the theme settings.  So if you want 2 columns (or widgets) side-by-side, you need to tell the theme to create 2 columns.  If you want 3, tell it 3.  It will create equal width columns in the feature area.  I'm not sure why a widget positioned in the feature would get placed in the top sidebar.

The default content in the feature area will not show if you activate a widget.  But if you don't use any widgets, you can always hand-code the feature.php file to show your feature content.

6:46 pm
July 8, 2009


sdharlow

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I just checked, and I already have it set to 3 columns. That would explain why my Optin widget is placed to the left. Still can't get this video widget to go to feature though. Keeps sticking it in top sidebar instead.

4:45 pm
July 11, 2009


sdharlow

Member

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Woo Hoo!!! Finally figured this out. I was doing something wrong. When you click the drop down box and select Top_feature the screen refreshes, and then tell you how many widgets you are running in Top_feature. Then you click the show all link. Once you do that, whatever widget you are using up there will now show up in the list on the right side. Now you click the ADD button for the video widget, and it then enters it into the Top_feature sidebar.Cool