{"id":102,"date":"2016-09-14T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/research-sister\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T18:14:15","slug":"widgets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/style-your-site\/widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What are widgets?<\/h2>\n<p>A widget is an easy way to bring things like posts, your navigation, or custom text into your sidebar or footbar. You can add widgets through the customizer by going to Appearance &gt; Customizer, where you can see a live preview of your widget, or you can do it the old-fashioned way by going to Appearance &gt; Widgets.<\/p>\n<p>[button url=&#8221;https:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/widgets\/&#8221; text=&#8221;Learn more about widgets&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Where can I put widgets?<\/h3>\n<p>Widgets go into sidebars. This theme supports several sidebars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The footbar<\/strong>, which shows across the entire site at the bottom of the page<\/li>\n<li><strong>The main sidebar,<\/strong> which shows on\u00a0the default page template across the site<\/li>\n<li><strong>The homepage sidebar,<\/strong> which appears next to &#8220;Latest News&#8221; and shows only on the homepage<\/li>\n<li><strong>The posts sidebar,\u00a0<\/strong>which appears below a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/posts\/\">post<\/a> by default<\/li>\n<li><strong>The profiles\u00a0sidebar,\u00a0<\/strong>which appears below a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/comm\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/profiles\/\">profile<\/a>\u00a0by default<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Widgets supported in this theme<\/h3>\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Content Navigation:\u00a0<\/strong>Navigation list of your site&#8217;s pages.\u00a0<strong>It&#8217;s best to keep this widget at the top of your sidebar.<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Site:\u00a0<\/strong>Will always display the full site navigation, from the very top. Not recommended.<\/li>\n<li class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Section:\u00a0<\/strong>Displays the navigation based on the section you&#8217;re in. This is the most common pattern for secondary navigation on the web.\u00a0<strong>Recommended.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Adaptive:<\/strong> Will adjust the navigation display based on whether the current page has child pages. If it has child pages, the current page will act like the section title, and you will not see any other pages on the same level. If it doesn&#8217;t,\u00a0it will act like a link and you will see pages on the current level in the navigation. Because you have to carefully monitor\u00a0how child pages are used to prevent a &#8220;jumpy&#8221; feeling in the navigation, this option is generally not recommended unless you have training in information architecture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"widget-1_archives-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<p><strong>Archives:\u00a0<\/strong>A monthly archive of your site\u2019s Posts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.39.56-PM1.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.39.56 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-156\" width=\"364\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.39.56-PM1.png 364w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.39.56-PM1-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-2_bu-links-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><strong>BU Links:\u00a0<\/strong>Links that relate to a page&#8217;s or section&#8217;s content.<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><strong>BU Links Reprint:\u00a0<\/strong>Reprint a set of links from an existing BU Links instance.<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.41.18-PM1.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.41.18 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157\" width=\"376\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.41.18-PM1.png 376w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.41.18-PM1-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-4_bu-posts-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-4_bu-posts-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>BU Posts:\u00a0<\/strong>Widget for displaying posts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-5_bu-text-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.43.13-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.43.13 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" width=\"378\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.43.13-PM.png 378w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.43.13-PM-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><strong>BU Text:\u00a0<\/strong>Widget for adding markup to a sidebar for a single page or a section. This is an especially good one for adding custom callouts on various pages or sections, such as application callouts with different links for undergraduates and graduates. You can also use this widget to only show something in the sidebar on a certain page. Accepts <a href=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/style-your-site\/shortcodes\/\">shortcodes<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-6_bu-text-reprint-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><strong>BU Text Reprint:\u00a0<\/strong>Reprint page-specific content from an existing BU Text instance.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-7_bu_calendar-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.46.27-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.46.27 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159\" width=\"374\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.46.27-PM.png 374w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.46.27-PM-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-7_bu_calendar-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Calendar:\u00a0<\/strong>Widget for displaying calendar events.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-8_categories-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.47.10-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.47.10 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160\" width=\"374\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.47.10-PM.png 374w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.47.10-PM-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-8_categories-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Categories:\u00a0<\/strong>A list or dropdown of categories.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-10_nav_menu-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.57.44-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 3.57.44 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161\" width=\"374\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.57.44-PM.png 374w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-3.57.44-PM-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-10_nav_menu-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>Custom menu:\u00a0<\/strong>Add a custom menu to your sidebar.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-12_rss-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-12_rss-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><strong>RSS:\u00a0<\/strong>Entries from any RSS or Atom feed. See a list of available BU RSS feeds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rss\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-4.02.08-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-10-27 at 4.02.08 PM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162\" width=\"373\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-4.02.08-PM.png 373w, https:\/\/wpdocs.bu.edu\/cds\/files\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-27-at-4.02.08-PM-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"widget-14_text-__i__\" class=\"widget ui-draggable\">\n<div class=\"widget-top\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-action\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-title ui-draggable-handle\"><strong>Text:\u00a0<\/strong>Arbitrary text or HTML.\u00a0Occasionally good for adding things like tracking codes sitewide.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are widgets? 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