Using the_widget() is the correct way to “hard code” an arbitrary Widget in a template file: <?php the_widget( ‘foobar_widget’, $instance, $args ); ?> Since the_widget() simply returns if ‘foobar_widget’ is not a registered Widget, it is functionally equivalent to using an if ( function_exists( $function ) ) conditional. You could look in core to see … Read more
I’m going to assume you’re using Twenty Eleven theme, or another theme that supports child themes. If you’re using a custom theme, then you can just edit the existing Functions.php and add your additional functionality there, and then edit the existing Style.css. However, if your situation is different, please post back, and I’ll update to … Read more
You are not passing your description correctly. Really, you aren’t passing it at all. public function __construct() { parent::WP_Widget(false, $name=”Kevins Textbox”); array(‘description’ => __(‘A text widget created by Kevin Ullyott for practice in creating widgets’) ); } That ‘description’ line is creating an array but you aren’t doing anything with it. It is just floating … Read more
The easiest thing by FAR is going to be to fire up MAMP again, create a MySQL dump of the database from phpmyadmin, and then import that into your new XAMP database through phpmyadmin. If you can’t do that, it might still be doable, but will be more work and confusing… I never got it … Read more
Ok, so, for some reason I can’t comprehend, the answer is that the div element containing the tabs should have a class and not an id for jQuery UI to work properly, as such: <div class=”mytabs”> and jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(“.mytabs”).tabs(); }); Just for the record, the way I enqued the scripts is: add_action( ‘admin_enqueue_scripts’, ‘load_my_admin_js’ … Read more
In the register_sidebar() call in functions.php. Look for before_widget and after_widget and modify as appropriate. The code below is the default usage. ‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</li>’,
You can force a particular widget that you have modified on the backend to show up if you can identify is sufficiently. I consider that very prone to error. You should be able to get the_widget to work if you pass enough detail through the (up to) three parameters– like this: the_widget(‘home_widget’,array(‘markup’ => ‘Yay’)); But … Read more
The file name is functions.php, not function.php. Note the “s”. Otherwise, the code should work, and does work when I try it.
The only out-of-the-box solution is to use the text widget and hand-code your HTML and images. However, there are plugins, this is one I use.
There are some problems in your code but you are close, some pointers to solve problems. First, eliminate as much code as you can which still contains the problem. In your case remove the second widget, the less code you have to look at the easier it will be to find the problem. In other … Read more