wiwc wp course w4 widgets and menus
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Molecularcode Web Design and Development
Alex Ruaux
http://alexruaux.com
Beginners WordPress.com Course | West Island Women’s Centre | May 8th 2013
Widgets
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WHAT’S A WIDGET
A small tool that add functionality or content to
your site.
Usually in the sidebar (may be in footer).
e.g: calendar, photo stream, countdown, twitter
feed, search box, social media icons, archive of
posts, text and links etc...
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WIDGETS IN THE SIDEBAR
text description
search box
calendar
archive dropdown
image
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TYPES OF WIDGETS
Widgets that help readers navigate your site
e.g. post archive, tag cloud, categories, search box
Widgets that share content and connect
e.g. follow, like /tweet button
Widgets that pull in content from elsewhere
e.g. flickr stream, twitter feed
Versatile
e.g. text and images
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http://learn.wordpress.com/get-configured/#leswidgets
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Molecularcode Web Design and Development
Alex Ruaux
http://alexruaux.com
Beginners WordPress.com Course | West Island Women’s Centre | May 1st 2013
Menus
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MENUS
Need at least one menu for navigation
Top, sidebar, footer
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MENUS
Change the order of your pages
Create sub-menus by nesting pages under ‘parent’
pages
Create custom links
*Pages only show in the menu editor once
published, not when a draft
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-published/#lecustommenu