WP Widget area question

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by jknet, Sep 15, 2013.

  1. #1
    Is this possible and if so how?

    I have a WP site and there is 3 "bottom widget" areas. Each widget is a text widget with an image. They are 3 across in a horizontal row next to each other.

    Now I want to add more content to the page but under neath this are. Content that will span across the full content area and not placed in the above 3 widgets as they appear as columns(in a sense).

    Is there a way to add a text widget under these that will span that I can use to put full width text in or what are my options?

    I tried not using widgets for the 3 images and did image left, center, right for the so I could place the needed text under them but it didnt work right. Sometimes the images seem to shift depending on how I viewed them. This is why I used widgets for them, plus there is a small bit of text under each.

    So basically is there a way to add a full span content area under the Bottom Widgets?

    ,sorry no live link at the moment
     
    jknet, Sep 15, 2013 IP
  2. competent123

    competent123 Notable Member

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    if its not responsive, try putting the content in a table.

    use - widget shortcode plugin, use that to put widgets within a table in a text widget.

    try it out, you might be successful.

    this is the layman approach, you can always go for programming.
     
    competent123, Sep 15, 2013 IP
  3. jknet

    jknet Peon

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    Thanks for the response.
    It is responsive though.
     
    jknet, Sep 15, 2013 IP
  4. Hefaistos

    Hefaistos Active Member

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    Probably these widgets are called in footer.php file. Usually this kind of widgets are grabbed in WordPress themes using get_sidebar('sidebar-name'); or with a custom function or PHP include function, but almost certain you'll find them in footer.php. After you'll find it, you can make a new html area, write text or anything that you want after this widgets.
     
    Hefaistos, Sep 17, 2013 IP
  5. jknet

    jknet Peon

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    Thanks for the response.
    Yes the 3 widgets I spoke about are in the sidebar.php. There was only 2 "Bottom" widget areas and I was able to add the third.
    See code.
    Now im trying to add either a widget apart from those underneath them that will allow me to place just text. I cant add a 4th like I did the third though as it shows up next to them.
    How do I creat another area under these but above the footer?

    Heres where I added the THIRD Bottom One
    theme_add_sidebar('bottom', 'first-bottom-widget-area', __('First Bottom Widget Area', THEME_NS), __("This sidebar is displayed below the main content.", THEME_NS));
    theme_add_sidebar('bottom', 'second-bottom-widget-area', __('Second Bottom Widget Area', THEME_NS), __("This sidebar is displayed below the main content.", THEME_NS));
    theme_add_sidebar('bottom', 'third-bottom-widget-area', __('Third Bottom Widget Area', THEME_NS), __("This sidebar is displayed below the main content.", THEME_NS));
    if (theme_get_option('theme_override_default_footer_content')) {
        theme_add_sidebar('footer', 'first-footer-widget-area', __('First Footer Widget Area', THEME_NS), __("The first footer widget area. You can add a text widget for custom footer text.", THEME_NS));
    Code (markup):
     
    jknet, Sep 17, 2013 IP
  6. jknet

    jknet Peon

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    Thanks. That was enough to get the thinking going. Finally got it figured out.
     
    jknet, Sep 18, 2013 IP