This Article Is For:
- All users who have access to: Sidebars
- This is applicable to: All themes
Tips:
- Please remember that you need to add your sidebar to a page before it will become visible
- The side bar width includes 10px inner padding on the left and 20px inner padding on the right.
- If you want your sidebar to be 300px wide excluding padding, update your sidebar theme settings to 330px
- Due to caching, it can take up to 10mins before a sidebar will reflect any new changes made.
These are the instructions for creating a side bar, which can then be added to any page on your website.
Step-by-step guide
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Go to Website > Website Structure > Side Bars
- Click the New side bar button
- Enter the title for your side bar in the title field
- Click the Templates button to select a pre-saved template for your side bar
- Click the Add widget button to add the desired elements for your side bar, e.g., Text Block, Photo Gallery, Video Player, etc. (For widget instructions see section 6)
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Text Editor:
- Visual :Content editor that allows you to create, edit, and format your side bar content in a view similar to that of a word processor
- HTML :Add code to your side bar by adding it in the HTML code box.
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HTML Editor:
- Visual :Content editor that allows you to create, edit, and format your side bar content in a view similar to that of a word processor.
- HTML :Add code to your side bar by adding it in the HTML code box.
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Publish:
- Preview On : You can preview what your side bar will look like on either web or mobile
- Status :This is the status of your side bar. (Ex. In “draft” mode, “Published” mode etc.)
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Options:
- Player Type : Select one of the following from the drop-down menu:
- None: Select this option if you wish to not display a player
- Artist Image Layout: Enable and set the Streaming Radio Player “Layout” setting to “Artist Image Layout” in the side bar
- Program Info Layout: Enable and set the Streaming Radio Player “Layout” setting to “Program Info Layout” in the side bar
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Other :
- Show Big Box Ad: Check off this box if you want the big box ad to appear in your sidebar.
- Show “Last Played”: Check off this box if you would like the last played song list to appear in your sidebar.
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Choose to either 'Save Draft' to publish at a later date or 'Publish' to publish your sidebar now.