creative use of widgets for content management

Creative Use of

Widgetsfor Content Management

Jessica GardnerWordCamp North Canton

May 9, 2015

Jessica Collura Gardnerb. Cleveland, 1976

jessica@btwrx.com

widgetwhatsit?

calendarmailing list signup

text (including code!) imagesnavigation menu

plugin functions

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STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTENT & FEATURES

“…a simple and easy‐to‐use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme to the user.” (http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets)

widgetwheresit?

widget area, fka “sidebar”

which widgets?themes

plugins

WordPress 2015 Theme

WordPress 2015 Theme + Jetpack

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Secondary navigation

Anything you want on multiple pages

Anything that is subject to change

hoursschedules

contact

mailing list signup

More widget areas?

functions.php (in your CHILD THEME!)

layout builders (plugin)

shortcodes (plugin)

case study 1: 

widgets on pages

layout builder w/ widgetized areas

93/114 pages have this little menu:

8 sub‐sections 65 procedures

plus a specialized menu based on the sub‐section

Case Study #2

Widgets on Pages

Per‐Page Sidebar

Widgets in Widgets!

built into theme

10 Subsections with custom menus

1 7

20/20 Hindsight

why?