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Articles Widget – Top Stories

The Top Stories Widget allows you to display your most popular articles on your website’s homepage, similar to the way a standard Article Widget works. Instead of displaying a particular category, the Top Stories widget uses our analytics and stat-tracking system to determine the most-viewed articles over a pre-selected time period and lists them in order of popularity. Check out the “Most Read Stories” example from The Herald of Randolph, VT below. You […]

Edit Order of Articles on Homepage

Our Hometown’s WordPress platform makes it easy to customize the layout and styling of your homepage with just a few clicks. One example we’d like to highlight is the “Edit Order” tool, which allows you to easily adjust the order in which articles appear in a given Article Widget on the homepage. We all know first impressions can be a big deal, and your homepage represents your “first impression” to […]

SiteOrigin Page Builder

The Page Builder is an extremely useful tool for building complex layouts or getting placement just right. The video below is a high-level overview of it, and a second series of videos below on how to use it.  

Displaying a YouTube Video on the Front Page

Go to “Appearance > Customize > Widgets” from your dashboard menu. Find the widget area you’d like your video to appear in or where your current video is already placed. Click the name of the widget area. If you are placing a new video widget click ” + Add a Widget” & search for or scroll to find the “Video” widget. If you are replacing, click the arrow on the […]

Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition A

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition A.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition B

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition B.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition D

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition D.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition C

Learn more about how to choose your front page template by clicking here.Below is the complete layout of the front page template: 2 Column – Edition C.These are the available widgetized areas – you DO NOT have to use them all – if you do not use them, they will “disappear”For example, if you don’t put anything in the “main slider area” the front page left & middle columns will […]

Articles Widget – Headlines Style

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Headlines Style Layout is good for a simple list of articles with only one featured image required.  It’s 1 columns of individual articles, with a large thumbnail above the 1st article, and no thumbnails or story excerpt for additional stories below.It looks best in narrow to mid-sized columns.

Articles Widget – Magazine Style

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Magazine Style Layout is good for articles with images.  It’s 2-3 columns of individual articles, with a large thumbnail to the left for your 1st article, and smaller thumbnails to the right for your secondary articles. You can only have article titles in this layout & it is currently limited to a maximum of 5 stories.It looks best in mid-sized to wide […]

Articles Widget – Horizontal Grid

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Horizontal Grid Layout is good for articles with images.  It’s 3 columns of individual articles, with the thumbnail either above or below your content, or as a thumbnail to the left or right.This article style is best suited mid-sized to wide widgetized areas, like the slider area or full-width middle column.You can choose to have article excerpts or no article excerpts, but […]

Articles Widget – Vertical Stack

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The Vertical Stack Layout is one of your most essential layouts.  It’s one column of articles, with the thumbnail either above or below your content, or as a thumbnail to the left or right.This article style is best suited to narrow to mid-sized widgetized areas, like the left or middle columns, the bottom left or right columns or the sidebars.You can […]

Articles Widget – 2 Column Layout

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The 2 Column Layout features a large image for your 1st article on the left hand side & then, either thumbnails to the left or right of your articles in a second column on the right side.This article style is best suited to wider widgetized areas, like the main slider area or the full-width middle column. It can be used in smaller widgetized […]

Articles Widget – 1 Column Layout

Click here to learn more about using the articles widget.The 1 Column Layout features a large image for your 1st article and then, either thumbnails to the left or right of your articles.You can choose to have article excerpts or no article excerpts.

Choosing a Front Page Template

From our 1 & 2 column base homepage templates, you can create a variety of front page layouts that utilize widgetized areas for easy drag-and-drop layouts.While on the front page, click “edit page” to change templates for the front page, or locate the page marked as “front page” in your list of pages on the backend dashboard.If you don’t see an “edit page” button, go to Appearance > Customize > […]