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Hi, I'm using Triden. I'm configuring widgets.
I've configured widgets into the homepage, which is set in the theme options as 'custom homepage', in the top-left & top-right positions, and these widgets only appear on the custom homepage.
When I configure a widget as 'sidebar', it appears on the blog entry page only.
First, is this expected behaviour? Second, if so, then how can I get a widget to appear on both the homepage and the blog page?
If I've already configured e.g. blogs, in the top-right position, then it is deemed used, and therefore can't be placed in sidebar. However, because sidebar is not on the same page, I'd like to be able to do this.
Am I missing something? Or if not, is there a workaround?
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Yes, that's expected behaviour.
To get widgets to appear in both places, you'll need to use them twice... unfortunately some widgets seem to be limited to one instance so that might be a limiting factor ;/
It's a widget/WP issue really - I *think* we configure all of our widgets to allow for multiple instances.
However, you can of course have as many text widgets as you like.
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Hiya,
It actually is coded to work on installs with multiple sites:
$query = "SELECT blog_id FROM " . $wpdb->base_prefix . "blogs WHERE site_id = '" . $wpdb->siteid . "'
If it's not behaving as it should then we're happy to help but we'll need more information.
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You said it was configured to run on installs with multiple sites. It's not the multi site that is at issue, I don't think. The question is about using the same widget twice in the same configuration. i.e. so it can go in top-left and sidebar at the same time.
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Yes, that's expected behaviour.
To get widgets to appear in both places, you'll need to use them twice... unfortunately some widgets seem to be limited to one instance so that might be a limiting factor ;/
It's a widget/WP issue really - I *think* we configure all of our widgets to allow for multiple instances.
However, you can of course have as many text widgets as you like.
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The one I was trying to use twice was the blogs widget - i.e. this one: http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/blogs-widget
Doesn't seem to be configured for multiple uses... :(
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Hiya,
It actually is coded to work on installs with multiple sites:
$query = "SELECT blog_id FROM " . $wpdb->base_prefix . "blogs WHERE site_id = '" . $wpdb->siteid . "'
If it's not behaving as it should then we're happy to help but we'll need more information.
Thanks,
Andrew
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You said it was configured to run on installs with multiple sites. It's not the multi site that is at issue, I don't think. The question is about using the same widget twice in the same configuration. i.e. so it can go in top-left and sidebar at the same time.
Does your answer still hold?
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Paul
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Hiya,
I'm afraid that's not possible.
Thanks,
Andrew
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