Functionality for Pages, Not just Posts

[cmalamed]

I'm using Magazine Pro for a non-blog site. The Featured Post widget displays post excerpts side-by-side on the home page (using Middle and Bottom Home Page widgets). But the Featured Page widget will not display page excerpts on the Home Page side-by-side. These display one below the other. How can I get the side-by-side format to work with pages too? Here's a photo of what I mean:

Thanks for any help.

[Brad Dalton]

Link to your site please.

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[cmalamed]

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[Brad Dalton]

I don't get PM's here.

What will you be using on the home-bottom widget area?

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[cmalamed]

I sent it to your wpsites.net email address (hopefully). I'll be using pages there or video or resource links. I'd like that area to have two widgets side by side.

[ramseyp]

Is it possible the Genesis Featured Widget Amplified would help? http://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-featured-widget-amplified/

Rather than separate widgets for Posts & Pages, you use one widget, pick the post type you want, then go from there with the rest of the widget options.

If it's that Pages don't support the_excerpt() by default, you can add support for them in your functions.php:

add_action('init', 'my_custom_init');
function my_custom_init() {
	add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}

reference link: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_type_support

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[cmalamed]

Thanks for the idea of using Genesis Featured Widget Amplified. It looks like it just supports posts, though. The problem isn't that pages don't support the excerpt by default, it's that in the current layout of the theme, I can't arrange the page excerpts side-by-side, using the Featured Pages widget and placing it in Home Page Middle. But you can get the side-by-side layout using the Featured Posts widget.

[Brad Dalton]

I tested this locally and have a solution however it needs further work. You can give it a try here. http://wpsites.net/web-design/display-featured-posts-from-multiple-categories-inline-using-one-widget/

The problem is with the float clearing and depends on what widget you add in the home bottom section.

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[cmalamed]

Hi Brad,
I did figure out that the problem was with the float clearing but could not resolve it. I tried several versions of clearing and not clearing and couldn't get it to work. Then I started to think that perhaps I'd have to register a new widget for that area on the right. I wanted to do the same thing on the bottom section (HOME BOTTOM). So do you think this can also work for Featured Pages?
Connie

[cmalamed]

More: I added your suggested CSS to the style sheet and it didn't work for pages. I'm not sure if it's being affect by home-bottom, as you mentioned.

[Brad Dalton]

I also added a new widget locally and tested it however still needs some work.

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[Herve “harvey” LE GALL]

Hello Connie, Brad,

I have exactly the same problem using Magazine Pro theme, want to display two featured pages side by side in home middle (or home bottom), like I did with the featured post widget, but unfortunately it's not possible.

So, if anyone find a solution, I'm very interested !

Harvey

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