[YorGo67]

Greetings.

 

I have tried to add 3 different plug ins to the simple catch theme and neither of them work. At all in fact. Is there an incompatibility issue? I have tried adding a text widget into the sidebar, and none of the plug ins worked. I have tried looking for the answer on youtube and it did not work. So, perhaps someone on this board can shine a light on my problem for me.

[ronmerk]

Hi Yorgo:

Simple Catch comes with it’s own Social network settings in the theme options. Just add your Facebook page into the social settings and the Facebook icon will show up in the header of your site.

Not sure which plugins you’ve tried. Are you trying to add Facebook buttons to your posts or your sidebar??

Ron

[YorGo67]

Hey  Ron!

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. Yes, I realize that the social icons can indeed be included and will be found at the top right of the layout. That’s cool. But, I wanted to add in the sidebar a facebook widget to kind of add some eye candy to the site. Presently, the site is fun but my cousin wants to be able to add say an advertising  panel, or a a sign up for a newsletter option. Can you suggest of a way to do achieve this with this template? I love the template. Just want to add some cool sidebar features, that’s all.

[ronmerk]

Hi There:

Check out my page here: http://www.blazeonline.com/wls/

I run a Facebook feed plugin in my sidebar. Is this something like what you want to do? (most of the things you mentioned can be done with widgets or plugin with “Catch” themes.

Ron

[YorGo67]

Hey Ron…

I use a macbook pro with retina display….maybe my chrome settings are messed up or something but I can’t see this facebook widget you’re running….I’m gonna try on safari….

[YorGo67]

Ron,

In fact, all I see is a link. That’s it.

[ronmerk]

All I can say is it works on my IPAD. Possibly you have some of your security settings on your MacPro set at a higher level.

No matter though – there are a “ton” of Facebook integration apps available through the Plugin menu item in your WordPress dashboard. Just go to Plugins>new> and put “Facebook” in the search field. Try out a few until you find the one you like. Most will integrate into your side bar via a widget. Some will place “Facebook” or social links into your posts/pages.

Ron

[Sakin]

@YorGo67: Yes check with other computer. You can see there http://catchthemes.com/demo/simplecatch/ we have use Facebook Like in sidebar widget.

[YorGo67]

Sakin: Thanks for the tip. I will indeed check on another computer. By the way, which Facebook widget did you use? Also, I use chrome and firefox to develop and design with on my macbook pro with retina display. Could YOU tell me what setting is causing me to not see this widget on my mac?

 

[ronmerk]

Hi Yorgo:

I use “Facebook Like Box” – just do a search in your Dashboard >Plugin menu > new plugins. I use this plugin because you can use it in a page or as a widget in the sidebar. Small downside to these types of plugins – There is code on my server that requests data from Facebook and then displays on my page (Some times even Facebook servers can be slow – wait for the plugin to display Facebook data)

Re your Mac – sorry, although I have an IPAD, I’m not an Apple guy.

Ron

[mwjohnston1]

Hi Ron and Sakin,

I installed a “Facebook Like Box” plug in and added it to my sidebar, but it only showed the top header, none of the box with the photos of fans, which is what I wanted.

Any sugguestions?

[ronmerk]

I use the Jetpack “Facebook Like Box” with the Streaming option checked. This shows your facebook page and streams latest posts as well as the latest poster (their picture)

[mwjohnston1]

Hi Ron,

When I search plugins for “Jetpack Facebook Like Box” I don’t get any that say “Jetpack”.  Could you tell me who the author is?

[ronmerk]

Jetpack has approx 10 or so plugins within Jetpack. (You can turn them off or on as you wish) One of them is the “Facebook Like Box” Jetpack is actually a project that is part of WordPress. COM. Most of their stuff in Jetpack works perfectly fine in a stand alone WordPress site. All you need is your sign-up ID with WordPress.com and download the Jetpack plug-in. I don’t use them all – but some are very worth while. “Facebook Like Box” is one of those.

[Sakin]

@mwjohnston1: Jetpack is By Automattic, the company behind WordPress. See this link http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/

After you install the Jetpack plugin. You will get the Facebook Widget which you can add it in your sidebar.

[mwjohnston1]

Thanks! In the process of doing that now.

[mwjohnston1]

That worked fine. Thank you.
Is there any way to put a widget on only one page’s sidebar? Or to incorporate a widget (say a contact form) into the main area of the page?

 

[mwjohnston1]

Hi guys,

The widget did work, looks nice, but it is showing two photos for most of the people who have liked us. (Granted, we only have 22 at this point…is that why?) Is there any way to fix that?

 

[ronmerk]

It probably depends on your screen size, where you put it on your site – you could possible “force” size or display with some custom CSS – That’s Sakin’s expertise 🙂

Post the link to your site and I’ll wonder by – I can at least tell you if it’s a screen size thing. I know on my site, I get about 4 to 6 pictures of the “latest posters”

Ron

[mwjohnston1]

Thanks, Ron.

You’ll find it at http://www.lydiasfields.com

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