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
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...
WIDGETS IN THE SIDEBAR
text description
search box
calendar
archive dropdown
image
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
http://learn.wordpress.com/get-configured/#leswidgets
Molecularcode Web Design and Development
Alex Ruaux
http://alexruaux.com
Beginners WordPress.com Course | West Island Women’s Centre | May 1st 2013
Menus
MENUS
Need at least one menu for navigation
Top, sidebar, footer
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
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