Widgets - Our-Hometown https://our-hometown.com Your Newspaper's Future, Today. Sat, 18 Nov 2023 12:54:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://our-hometown.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-our-hometown-block-no-texxt-32x32.jpg Widgets - Our-Hometown https://our-hometown.com 32 32 Friends2Follow https://our-hometown.com/docs/friends2follow/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:33:40 +0000 https://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=21707 Friends2Follow is a third-party service that aggregates social media content from your own social media streams, as well as those of your advertisers and other businesses that you’ve connected with. All of this content can be displayed in a widget somewhere on your homepage to offer added value for advertisers, while simultaneously exposing your content to potential new clients. Read about Friends2Follow here: https://friends2follow.com/ Copy & Paste the widget code produced […]

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]]> Friends2Follow is a third-party service that aggregates social media content from your own social media streams, as well as those of your advertisers and other businesses that you’ve connected with. All of this content can be displayed in a widget somewhere on your homepage to offer added value for advertisers, while simultaneously exposing your content to potential new clients.

Read about Friends2Follow here: https://friends2follow.com/

Copy & Paste the widget code produced by Friends2Follow into a “Custom HTML” widget to display.

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]]> Slider Ads https://our-hometown.com/docs/slider-ads/ Fri, 04 May 2018 14:50:19 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19152 To turn slider ads on, go to Appearance > Customizer. Go to “General Options” and check the box for slider ads. Save your changes and exit the customizer. There will now be a “Slider Ads” menu item in the backend menu. To create a slider ad, “Add New”, – set the URL of where the ad should be going. Set the “Featured Image” with your ad. The ad should be […]

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]]> To turn slider ads on, go to Appearance > Customizer.

Go to “General Options” and check the box for slider ads. Save your changes and exit the customizer.

There will now be a “Slider Ads” menu item in the backend menu.

To create a slider ad, “Add New”, – set the URL of where the ad should be going.

Set the “Featured Image” with your ad. The ad should be a 4:3 proportion if it’s going into the 4:3 slider style, or 16:9.

Each ad comes with a unique number. You’ll need to copy that number down as you’ll need to input it in a field in the actual slider widget.

Enter that number into the specific slider widget where you want the slider ad to show up. It will show up as the very first slide.

You can have one slider ad per slider. Each, individual slider widget can have an ad.

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]]> Poll Widget https://our-hometown.com/docs/poll-widget/ Wed, 02 May 2018 20:54:36 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19157 You can place the Poll widget into any widget area available on your website. Most commonly, it will be placed in the Default Sidebar widget area.   Enter a Title for your Polling area. Choose whether to Display a Polls Archive Link below the current poll. Finally, choose which Poll to Display. You can select any of your created polls specifically, or can choose a more general option like “Display Latest Poll” or “Display […]

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]]> You can place the Poll widget into any widget area available on your website. Most commonly, it will be placed in the Default Sidebar widget area.

 

Enter a Title for your Polling area.

Choose whether to Display a Polls Archive Link below the current poll.

Finally, choose which Poll to Display. You can select any of your created polls specifically, or can choose a more general option like “Display Latest Poll” or “Display A Random Poll.”

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]]> SiteOrigin Page Builder https://our-hometown.com/docs/siteorigin-page-builder/ Wed, 02 May 2018 20:49:37 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19149 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.  

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]]> 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.

 

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]]> Customizer > Logo & Image Options https://our-hometown.com/docs/customizer-logo-image-options/ Wed, 02 May 2018 20:35:07 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19126 Each theme contains varying logo options. Bernard contains a main menu and footer section logo. Clementine contains a mobile / fixed header menu logo and a main logo. Ford contains a left-aligned header menu spot and a main menu spot. You can also place images in the footer widget areas to add additional logo positions in the footer.

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]]> Each theme contains varying logo options.

Bernard contains a main menu and footer section logo.

Clementine contains a mobile / fixed header menu logo and a main logo.

Ford contains a left-aligned header menu spot and a main menu spot.

You can also place images in the footer widget areas to add additional logo positions in the footer.

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]]> Prebuilt Menu Locations https://our-hometown.com/docs/prebuilt-menu-locations/ Wed, 02 May 2018 20:31:51 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=19124 Each Our Hometown theme has a number of prebuilt locations available for menus.  Menus can also be placed in any available widget area, but the prebuilt areas have additional styling applied to them. Available menu spots include: Flyout Menu (mobile menu) Utility Menu Utility Left Utility Right Main Menu Secondary Menu Footer Menu To build a more complex footer menu, you can use the Navigation Menu widget to place menus […]

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]]> Each Our Hometown theme has a number of prebuilt locations available for menus.  Menus can also be placed in any available widget area, but the prebuilt areas have additional styling applied to them.

Available menu spots include:

  • Flyout Menu (mobile menu)
  • Utility Menu
  • Utility Left
  • Utility Right
  • Main Menu
  • Secondary Menu
  • Footer Menu

To build a more complex footer menu, you can use the Navigation Menu widget to place menus in the Footer 1-4 widget areas.

When creating a menu, to set it in a pre-built location, select the check box under the “Menu Locations” section.

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]]> Displaying a YouTube Video on the Front Page https://our-hometown.com/docs/displaying-youtube-video-front-page/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:51:32 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=4944 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 […]

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]]> 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 “Video” widget to expand the window.

Click “Add Video” for a new video or “Replace Video” for editing.

On the left, choose “Insert from URL” – using YouTube for video is our recommended method as it provides the best viewing experience for readers, and also gives you exposure on the second largest search engine in the world (YouTube).

Paste the link/URL of the YouTube video (not the embed URL – the ACTUAL URL of the page – as if you were watching the video on YouTube) in the box under “Insert from URL”

On the bottom right, click “Add to Widget”

Add or update your title for the widget, if desired. Your video is now placed on site. If you are satisfied with your changes, click “Save & Publish” at the top of the right-hand menu. If you want to cancel your changes, hit the “X” button to the left of “save & publish” to leave the customize screen.

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]]> GeoDirectory Widgets https://our-hometown.com/docs/geo-directory-widgets/ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:07:41 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=4672 When you install the GeoDirectory plugin, you’ll find a number of new GD widgets in the appearance section of your WP admin area. Widget name Can be used on these pages: Home Listings Search Detail Author Non-GD pages GD Core widgets GD > Advertise GD > Best of widget GD > CPT Categories GD > CPT Listings GD > Features GD > Flickr Photos GD > GMap Home page GD > GMap Listing page […]

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]]> When you install the GeoDirectory plugin, you’ll find a number of new GD widgets in the appearance section of your WP admin area.

Widget name Can be used on these pages:
Home Listings Search Detail Author Non-GD pages
GD Core widgets
GD > Advertise yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Best of widget yes yes yes yes yes
GD > CPT Categories yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > CPT Listings yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Features yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Flickr Photos yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > GMap Home page yes yes
GD > GMap Listing page yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Listing Slider yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Loginbox yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Popular Post Category yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Popular Post View yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Recent Reviews yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Related Listing yes yes
GD > Search yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Social Like yes yes yes yes yes yes
GD > Twitter yes yes yes yes yes yes
Events-only widgets
GD > Related Events Listing yes

GD > Advertise widget

  1. This widget can be added to any section of a GD page or a non-GD page.
  2. You could use this widget for example to add your AdSense code to the pages and sections of your choice.
  3. You can also use this widget for any other text or code you’d like to add to your pages.

GD > Best of widget

  1. This widget can be added to a certain section of a GD page or a non-GD page.
  2. This widget will create tabs that display a certain amount of listings, according to the categories.
  3. Choose the number posts and categories to display.
  4. Limit your excerpt character count.
  5. Choose tab layout type.
  6. Choose excerpt type.
  7. Enable location filter.

Note : Listings would be sorted by ratings and if there are no ratings on the listings, it would be sorted randomly.

 

GD > CPT Categories widget

  1. This widget will add a list of categories to your pages:

GD > CPT Listing widget

  1. This widget will list the CPT images with links.
  2. Navigate to GD > Custom Post Types > Edit(CPT) > Post Type > Upload Default Image

GD > Features

  1. This widget can be added to any section of a GD page or a non-GD page.
  2. This widget will allow you to create blocks that displays an icon, title and description.

GD >  Flickr Photos widget

  1. Designed to be used in a sidebar of any of your pages, but can also be used anywhere else on your site.
  2. You will need the Flickr ID number for the Flickr user or group whose images you want to use: just follow the link in the widget and follow the instructions there.
  3. Choose the number of images you want to display.

GD > GMap – Home Page

This will show you google map V3 for Home page with category checkbox selection.

GD > GMap Listing page

This widget can be added to any section of a GD page except the GD Home template.

A map will be added where you added the widget, and will automatically be populated by relevant listings:

Listings page: filtered by the location, custom post type and category the visitor has browsed to
Search page: depending on the search performed
Detail page: only adds the location of the particular listing
Author page: filtered by listings submitted or claimed by the user, or by listings added by the user as favorites

Settings

Map Width: Enter a width as a percentage or pixels, for example
if you add the widget to a content section, enter 100%, and
if you add the widget to a sidebar, enter the required width in pixels, for example 298
Map Height: Enter a height in pixels, or leave blank for the default height
Map Zoom Level: Choose a map zoom level:
1 will show the whole world and 19 will zoom in as far as possible
Note 1: This setting is overwritten if you use Auto Zoom
Note 2: It is recommended to use a zoom level of about 10 if you use the widget on a Detail page
Map Auto Zoom: If you tick this box, then the map will automatically zoom to a level that shows all listings
Note: Not recommended if yo use the widget on a Detail page
Map Sticky: If you use the widget in a sidebar, this setting will make sure that the map stays visible even if a visitor browses lower than the map.
This is handy on a Listings or Search page, because it allows visitors to pinpoint the location of a listing even when there are lots of listings shown on the one page.
Mouse Scroll: Allows visitors to use their mouse to zoom in or out, rather than being restricted by the map control

GD > Listing Slider

This widget will add a slider of selected listings to any of your GD pages, and can also be used on any non-GD page.
 You can only use one Listing Slider per page!
 This widget is designed to be used in content sections or full-width sections, it does not work well in sidebars or columns with limited width.
 Only listings with images will be shown.

GD > Login Box

This widget will add a login box to any of your GD pages, and can also be used on any non-GD page.

GD > Popular Post Category widget

GD > Popular Post View widget

This widget can be used in Content and Sidebar sections, as well as non-GD pages.

 You can also add this widget using a shortcode.

Settings

Most of the settings are straight forward, but note the following:

Title: This will be used for the heading of the widget.
You can use %posttype_singular_label% or %posttype_plural_label% here.
This is especially useful if you also use the Use current viewing post type setting (see below); in that case the heading will adapt to the post name of your Custom Post Type a visitor is viewing.
For example New %posttype_plural_label% would show as New Places on any Place category page, and as New Events on any Event category page.
Listing width: Although this normally can be left empty, this setting allows you to tweak the automatic width of the listing.
For example, if you choose a Two Column Grid View, your listings will be 50% wide.
Entering 48 into this field will adjust the width if necessary to 48%.
Note: Do not enter % as part of this setting, that will confuse some browsers.
Post Content excerpt character count: Set this to the number of characters you want to show as part of the listing.
Note: By default, excerpts will only be shown for List View and Two Column Grid View. But excerpts can be shown for all Grid Views by adding this to your CSS:
.geodir_category_list_view li.geodir-gridview .geodir-content .geodir-entry-content {display: inline;}
Enable Location Filter: If you tick this box, then any listings shown will be filtered by the location chosen by your visitors.
Use current viewing post type: If you choose this setting, then the listings displayed will be from the same Custom Post Type as the page the visitor is viewing.
See also the Title setting above.
Note: This setting only applies if you add the widget to the GD Listings page.

This widget is automatically added to your GD Search page and the GD Listings pages.

GD > Recent Reviews

This widget will add a Recent Review section to any of your GD pages, and can also be used on any non-GD page.
You can limit the number of reviews to display by inserting a value inside the widget options

GD > Related Listing

GD > Social Like

  1. This widget has no settings and can be added to any page of your website.
  2. It will allow your visitors to share the page on their Twitter, Facebook or Google+ pages.

GD > Search

  1. This widget can be added to any page of your website.
  2.  You can also add this widget using a shortcode.
  3. There are no settings unless you have the Advanced Search addon activated. The following options can then be selected:
    1. Default: Custom search options will become available when your visitors click on the Customize Search button
    2. Open when searched: This setting will show the custom search open when your visitors access your GD Search page, but not on other pages
    3. Always open: the advanced search options will be available without your visitors having to click on the Customize Search button

GD > Twitter

  1. With this widget you can embed a variety of Twitter feeds or widgets on your website.
  2. In your Twitter account, go to Settings > Widgets and create a widget or copy one of the codes.
  3. Paste the code in the GD > Twitter widget.

GD > Related Events Listing

Settings

This Events widget is specifically for the detail pages of your listings, and will show the events that have been submitted for a particular place.

The widget will only work on the default custom post type Places; it will not show on any other custom post type detail pages.

Most of the settings are self-explaining, and are the same as some of the settings of the Popular Post View widget, with one main difference:

Enable Location Filter: You can show events at a listing automatically on the detail page of that listing if you have both the Prices Manager Add-on and Events Addon enabled. Just follow these steps:

  1. In the Prices and Payment settings, set Link business to Yes in the Events pricing.
  2. Add the Related Events Listing widget to the detail page, and enable the Location Filter
  3. Now if the same user adds an event and chooses one of the listings from the Fill in Business Details menu, that event will automatically be listed on the detail page for the listing.

 

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]]> Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition A https://our-hometown.com/docs/front-page-template-2-column-edition/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 04:08:17 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=4331 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 […]

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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 move up to fill its space.

If you add additional content to these areas, they will become longer and take up more space.

If you do not like this page template, we have 5 others, which give you infinite possibilities when combined with our articles widget, slider widget & other available features.

Other Available Front Page Templates:

Other Page Templates:

  • Default (Interior Pages)
  • Blank Page
  • OHT Archives
  • Full Width Page (coming soon)

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]]> Front Page Template – 2 Column Edition B https://our-hometown.com/docs/front-page-template-2-column-edition-b/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 04:03:38 +0000 http://our-hometown.com/?post_type=docit&p=4329 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 […]

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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 move up to fill its space.

If you add additional content to these areas, they will become longer and take up more space.

If you do not like this page template, we have 5 others, which give you infinite possibilities when combined with our articles widget, slider widget & other available features.

Other Available Front Page Templates:

Other Page Templates:

  • Default (Interior Pages)
  • Blank Page
  • OHT Archives
  • Full Width Page (coming soon)

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