fromtheranks

Hi. Could you fill us in on the details of how you set it up?

Thanks in advance.

What about the “less than 50%” who do use it to verify that they’ve entered their email address correctly … so they do get a reply. ?

MichaelH,

For example, in wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php there is this code at the top of the file:

<?php /* Widgetized sidebar, if you have the plugin installed. */
if ( !function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’) || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>

That essentially says, “if widgets are configured use those and ignore all the code upto the endif, but if not, use the rest of the code in sidebar.php”. You could move the code around in sidebar.php to use widgets but also use MORE of code in the sidebar.php script.

Could you please make your answer extra “sticky” somewhere or include it in the Codex? I’ve been trying to figure out for (well, too long): (1) how did widgets get on my site by default when I can’t find them listed in Appearance –> Widgets, and (2) what happens with those widgets if I change something.

Your answer above nails this down perfectly, but I had a heck of a time finding it.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the reply and I apologize for not getting back sooner — sort of lost track of this thread while in the “throws of development”. I spoke with my Host about this and he said “leave it alone for now”, so I’ll get back to this later with an update.

Thanks, Shane.

I was hoping there was an “easy way” of making just the TM symbol smaller, like maybe 6pt, without changing the side of the rest of the Blog Title. Guess I’ll have to tinker.

Well, almost never mind … I tried using the HTML code again — which is “& # 8 4 8 2 ;” (with spaces in it so it won’t be converted here) — and this time I remembered the semi-colon. The code did work this time, I did get a TM symbol but it looks identical to the cut-and-paste method, which is still too big. ?