Oracle of ONE1

Use the Text Widget to add HTML to the sidebar. This makes it very easy to add a wide variety of features to your site. I will demonstrate a few simple examples.

Iconic Links

Say you have a series of icons used to link to special pages or partner sites similar to the image. Simply add the following HTML to add the iconic links to your sidebar.

<li>
<a href="http://gruffgoat.com" title="Gruff Goat Information Services">
<img src="http://dvector.com/arcexercise/wp-content/themes/arcexercise-01/images/goat_logo_btn.jpg"
alt="Gruff Goat Information Services" border="0"></a>
<a href="http://redcrossinsewis.org" title="American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin">
<img src="http://dvector.com/arcexercise/wp-content/themes/arcexercise-01/images/arc_logo_btn.jpg"
alt="American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin" border="0"></a>
<a href="http://dvector.com/arcexercise" title="Home">
<img src="http://dvector.com/arcexercise/wp-content/themes/arcexercise-01/images/home_logo_btn.jpg"
alt="Home" border="0"></a>
</li>

Sponsor or Support Banners

Add the following code to add a sponsor or support banner to your sidebar.

<div align="center">
<hr>
<p>
<a href="http://redcrossinsewis.org">
<img src="http://www.redcrossinsewis.org/images/stories/logos/arcinsewis_120x60.gif"
alt="American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin" height="60" width="120" border="1" />
</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.eff.org/br/">
<img src="http://www.eff.org/br/br.gif"
alt="Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign"
height="76" width="112" border="1" align="middle">
</a>
</p>
</div>

Flash Banner

Add some flash to your sidebar with the following code.

<div align="center">
  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
    codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0"
    width="160" height="75">
  <param name="movie"
    value="http://www.redcrossinsewis.org/images/stories/video/redcross_fire_ggis.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="menu" value="false" />
  <param name="wmode" value="" />
  <embed src="http://www.redcrossinsewis.org/images/stories/video/redcross_fire_ggis.swf"
    wmode="transparent" quality="high" menu="false"
	pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
	type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="160"
	height="75">
  </embed>
  </object>
</div>

This should help you get started on using the Text widget to impress your site’s visitors.