The correct way to load a PHP file in the theme directory is to use the locate_template function. <?php locate_template(array(‘parts/block1.php’),true,false); ?> The true makes it automatically require it. The false makes it not require_once it.
are you logged-in with all browsers? since add_action(‘wp_ajax_contact_form’, ‘ajax_contact’); only works for logged in users, so to fix it you need to change it: add_action(‘wp_ajax_nopriv_contact_form’, ‘ajax_contact’); if you want your function to work for visitors as well as users.
The Save buttons have a class widget-control-save, and this is hooked up to wpWidgets.save(). So you either have to call wpWidgets.save(), or (probably easier) trigger a click event on the Save button.
Thirty Ten is a child theme of Twenty Ten and could be excellent for you as it comes with 3 columns as you want.
here are a few: Author Bio Widget Just Another Author Information Widget User Bio Widget
Put your javascript code inside the widget form, and it will be triggered whenever the widget is refreshed. If you’re tabs are hooked on a click event, a better way would be to use $.delegate on the widget instance wrapper. That way you don’t need to include the js inside every widget instance…
There are 2 ways to allow separate styles on each widget. The first is to add separate classes to the widgets like this: First Method register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’sidebar1’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<ul class=”black-bg”><li>’, ‘after_widget’ => “</li></ul>”, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h2 class=”widgettitle”>’, ‘after_title’ => “</h2>” )); You can then use the .back-bg class to style the widget like this: #sidebar … Read more
There’s no easy way to do this. Many plugins that provide a widget also provide a shortcode (text in brackets that you can put in your post like this: [quora]). I have no idea whether either of your widgets also come with shortcodes. Though I’ve never used them, there are some plugins that claim to … Read more
That’s not actually installed by the theme. Those widgets are set up as soon as you install WordPress the first time. It’s just that if your theme doesn’t support widgets, you won’t see them. The part of WordPress that “installs” these widgets can be found in wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php inside the function wp_install_defaults. Here is the relevant … Read more
‘after_widget’ => ”, As far as I know, thats the best way to do it