Widget

How to Add the Events Widget Back to Your Site

Recently, there was an update for the events calendar (version 2 to 3) plugin. One of the major modifications made was a change in the name of the events calendar widget. This name change causes the existing widget to disappear from sidebars or other widgets areas.   In order to replace the events calendar, navigate to Appearance>>Widgets… Read more »

Create a Custom Full Length Footer

Note: This is using the UNC Department Theme. Activate both the Improved Simpler Plugin. If you do not know how to activate a plugin, please follow these instructions. Navigate to Appearance>Widgets  and drag the Text Widget to the Footer Center Sidebar on the right handside using the Text widget. Add the desired content for your footer. We suggest… Read more »

List Category Posts Plugin

List Category Posts allows you to list posts from a category into a post/page using the [ catlist ] shortcode. Activate the List Category Post Plugin. If you do not know how to activate a plugin, please follow these instructions. In the visual editor, type: [ catlist name =”yourcategoryname”, orderby = “date”,  order=”asc” ] Click… Read more »

Twitter Widget

For Twitter users, this widget can be a useful way of getting readers to see your “tweets” (tweet is the term for a post on Twitter) right on your web.unc.edu site. Even if you are not a Twitter user, this widget can be used to share any public Twitter account’s updates. Although WordPress in itself… Read more »

WSIYWG Widget

The WSIYWG Widget has recently been added to help improve the look of your site. With this widget, you will now be able to use a rich text editor instead of the simple custom text widget. This way, you can more easily add media and edit your text with the same options available to you… Read more »

Navigation Widget – UNC Theme

A common feature on a lot of websites is a sidebar navigation widget that shows the sub-pages in a section.  We have built a special tool that will allow you to show the child pages (sub-pages) of a section.  This is meant to be used on department like sites with lots of pages that would… Read more »

AVH Extended Categories Widgets

Want more customization with displaying menus? This plugin gives you widget options for displaying categories. 1) Activate the AVH Extended Categories Widgets plugin. If you do not know how to activate a plugin, please follow these instructions. 2) After activation, go to Appearance > Widgets. 3) Find under Available widgets the AVH Extended Categories widget…. Read more »