How do I add a picture to my sidebar? and make a static home page?

  • I am very new to wordpress.

    I am trying to add a permanent picture to the sidbar of my “themed” wordpress website. The website is https://www.lindaburson.com.
    I am using a free theme from “ithemes.com” called “Political Blog”.

    Also, I am trying to make this website a “static” “page-based” site, as I will not need or want comments. I am having trouble putting content on the “Home” page, without using posts. I could just create a Post, but then even if I turn off comments, there is still a spot for them that shows up on the post. My current work-around is that I created a separate page that my Home page points to as a static page,
    (using the Reading settings) but then that page shows up in the top bar, which is redundant.

    Thanks,
    nxparadox

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  • 1. You edit your sidebar.php template file and add the image by using the usual HTML tag.

    2. THAT is the way to create a static homepage, as you did: Settings > Reading. And select a Page both for frontpage AND post page.

    2a. It is not WP’s fault that your theme has a hard coded home link in its menu. Tell the theme author that it is an idiotic thing to hardcode links into the theme. And delete it!

    Link to download the theme you are using. Thanks.

    Thread Starter nxparadox

    (@nxparadox)

    -MichaelH

    Here is that link: https://ithemes.com/free-wordpress-themes/

    -moshu

    1. You edit your sidebar.php template file and add the image by using the usual HTML tag.

    I have zero experience with HTML code, and really don’t know what an HTML tag is. Can you explain this a bit further, or link me to where I can find this info? Also, how do I delete the hardcode homelink?

    Thanks again!

    Thread Starter nxparadox

    (@nxparadox)

    Still needing some help… ??

    If you have zero experience then you shouldn’t try modifying themes.

    You can learn:
    https://www.w3schools.com/
    (basic html and css from the links on the left)
    or you can hire somebody

    You delete the hard coded link by editing tht template file, most likely header.php in your theme.

    P.S. And don’t double-triple post: I am fast with the delete button.

    Thread Starter nxparadox

    (@nxparadox)

    I am just trying to get some advice. I thought that was what this forum was about… otherwise, what’s the point? Only elite experts on wordpress get to post questions here? Then why would they need help in the first place. This kind of behavior is not great for building community and loyalty from new people.

    And you got all the advice you needed.

    Anybody can post questions and, usually, it gets answered by the volunteer helpers. All the double posts get deleted because they are annoying… and that’s the rule.

    Owning a website (a blog is a website!) comes with some responsibilities: above all the requirement to learn the basics of the web’s language (HTML) and other, more WP-specific issues like CSS – if you want to do more than just writing posts.

    Hi,

    I’m new to working with WP blogs. I’ve basically given myself a crash course in a matter of days. I was also trying to add an image to my sidebar and this is the only thing that worked for me (so far).

    I created a div in my style.css for the image I wanted to place in the sidebar. Added a width, height, and background image (my image). I then typed in the div at the beginning of my sidebar.php page and presto! I have the image in the sidebar at the beginning of it like I wanted it.

    Thread Starter nxparadox

    (@nxparadox)

    Imgotham-

    Thank you for your feedback. It was much appreciated. Would you mind pointing me in the direction of some links that would allow me the same “crash course” that you are training yourself with? Thanks again.

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