How to add seperate widget/text boxes beneath the menu bar?


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Rob

Posted: 6/19/2009
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I'm looking to add three seperate widgets/text boxes below the menu bar, similar to this site:

http://silverbusiness.compact1.sk/about-2/

How do I do that?

Also, instead of having three widget boxes below the menu, is it possible to have TWO boxes, and the THIRD would begin the side bar?
(Hope that makes sense)

Thanks!


 
Bud

Posted: 6/20/2009
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I have a tutorial on doing that at my blog. You just need to create some new widget areas. You'll have to do a couple of edits to the functions.php and the index.php. Works like a charm.

My blog is at http://www.budstechshed.com
 
Rob

Posted: 6/20/2009
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Bud,

I tried using your tutorial, but unfortunately I am so new to wordpress and css that even though I tried, I didn't have success. It is definitely a case of user (me!) error!

Can you walk me through it in a little more detail?

This is the site I'm looking to add the widgets beneath the menu bar:
http://www.teamgriz.com

This is the site I'm trying to model:
http://silverbusiness.compact1.sk/about-2/

Thank you!
 
Garry

Posted: 6/20/2009
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You need to learn CSS and HTML (may be some php) in order to achieve results like: http://silverbusiness.compact1.sk/about-2/

You can create a structure of three boxes through CSS and HTML and insert a category in them so that post associated to that category will start showing in that boxes

Hope that helps
 
Rob

Posted: 6/21/2009
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I am very familiar with HTML, CSS is new to me. Do I build the HTML in functions, header, sidebar, etc? I know this shouldn't be that tough, I'm just not getting it. I figure if I know which .php file I need to build the HTML in, I can copy and paste code that is already there.

If I wanted to hire someone to just add the two widgets for me, what's a fair price per hour (or job) and how long will this take (I imagine for a pro, this is a 10-minute task).

Thanks!
 
Garry

Posted: 6/21/2009
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You may insert that boxes in your header.php through HTML