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Emil Wallgren
11,737 Pointsediting small text pieces in wordpress
Hi
I'm currently working on a clients website and is converting it to wordpress for the first time. In the header, there is some small piece of text (two scentences) that I would like to make customizable through the admin area.
How do you recommend me to do it?
4 Answers
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 PointsHi Emil,
I would use a loop in my header that queried a Post name "Header Info" or something similar and direct your client to edit that post when they wanted it changed.
You could also create a custom post type that may make it clearer when the customer went to edit it.
If this is only required on certain pages the get_header() function can be passed a custom header such as get_header( 'custom'). Then create a custom header as header-custom.php. You can substitute custom with anything of your choosing.
Emil Wallgren
11,737 Pointsah ok :-)
Thanks!
/Emil
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsHi Emil,
If these are to show across the website on all pages you could use a custom widget area (setup via functions.php) and simply assign a text box to that widget area. The text boxes have the ability to include paragraph tags if required.
-Rich
Jacobus Hindson
14,429 PointsGreat Idea Rich. A WYSIWYG editable widget area would be fantastic also. Thumbs Up!
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsThanks :)