5. Widgets
INTRODUCTIONWidget Areas
Our themes have several default widget areas, that can display widgets on both desktop and mobile devices.
The following are default widget areas in the theme:
- Sidebar
- Sidebar Shop
- Footer
- Header Left
- Header Right
- Header Menu
- Header Logo
- Header Logo Responsive
- Responsive Menu
Sidebar, Sidebar Shop, and Footer widget areas display on both desktop and mobile devices.
Header Left / Right / Menu / Logo widget areas display only on desktop devices (note that you can set responsive breakpoint in Customize >Header and footer >Responsive header panel).
Header Logo Responsive, and Responsive menu widget areas display on smaller / mobile devices (below responsive breakpoint you set in Responsive header panel).
Widgets added to Header Logo Responsive widget areas will display next to logo on mobile devices.
Widgets added to Responsive Menu widget areas will display within the mobile menu.
SECTION 01Custom Widget Areas
Sidebar Manager plugin comes prepacked with the theme, and allows you to create custom widget areas that replace default ones.
In order to create custom widget area navigate to Appearance >Sidebar panel on your dashboard.
Click on the ‘Add New’ button, and then fill the following fields:
- Enter custom widget area’s name (it should not be the same as the name of default widget area).
- In ‘Sidebar to replace’ field select which default widget area you want to replace.
- Then in ‘Add Display Rule’ field select on which pages you want this custom widget area to show.
Once you save the changes, navigate to Appearance >Widgets panel, and add widgets to your new widget area.
SECTION 02Widgets
Widgets included with the theme are BB Gallery, BB Instagram, BB Recent Comments, BB Recent Posts, BB Text Image, BB Time, BB Twitter, BB Weather, BT Button, BT Divider, BT Icon, and BT Service.
SECTION 03BB Text Image
You can use this widget to display text and images in one of the widget areas.
SECTION 04BT Icon
You can insert custom icon with link here - usually used in header.
SECTION 05BB Gallery (deprecated)
*Note that this widget is deprecated, and it will be completely removed in future updates. We recommend switching to default WordPress Gallery widget, as it has the same features.
SECTION 06BB Recent Comments
Recent comments with avatars.
SECTION 07BB Recent Posts
Recent posts with featured image thumbnails.
SECTION 08BB Weather
In order to get Openweather API Key please follow the steps from the following article – https://openweathermap.org/appid.
SECTION 09BB Time
SECTION 10BB Instagram (deprecated)
Gallery of Instagram photos.
*Note that this widget is deprecated due to changes in Instagram API, and it is not possible for new users to register. This widget will be completely removed in future updates. We recommend switching to a third party plugin that displays Instagram feed.
SECTION 11BB Twitter (deprecated)
Cached list of recent tweets.
*Note that this widget is deprecated due to changes in Twitter API, and it is not possible for new users to register. This widget will be completely removed in future updates. We recommend switching to a third party plugin that displays Twitter feed.
SECTION 12BT Button
Button element with icon and link.
SECTION 13BT Service
Service element with icon and link.
SECTION 14BT Divider
Separator element that can be added between widgets.
