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Ive just uploaded a quiz script to a site here - http://www.mumblyjumbly-prizes.com but im not sure how to do a few things.

1. How do i remove the Search box on the right of the screen? Ive gone into Widgets, there is a section called "Sidebar" but there is no Search box on the right to remove.

2. Also, how do i get all the quiz's listed on the right of the screen so you don't need to click on Quiz under Catagories to get to them.

3. How do i change the title of the site? At the moment it just shows the url of the site as the title. I know how to change the title of individual posts but i want to change the title of the main page.

Thanks for any help.
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  • Profile picture of the author antivirus_nod
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    • Profile picture of the author Mar
      1. How do i remove the Search box on the right of the screen? Ive gone into Widgets, there is a section called "Sidebar" but there is no Search box on the right to remove.

      >> With the Widgets section, all you do is drop the widgets you wish to appear on your sidebar into the blank section ....... and save

      2. Also, how do i get all the quiz's listed on the right of the screen so you don't need to click on Quiz under Catagories to get to them.

      >> Latest posts

      3. How do i change the title of the site? At the moment it just shows the url of the site as the title. I know how to change the title of individual posts but i want to change the title of the main page.

      >>Settings Menu - and then General - gives you the option to modify site title.

      Hope that helps
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      • Profile picture of the author cooler1
        Originally Posted by Leslie B View Post

        Hi Cooler1,

        When you set up your WordPress blog with a theme, some sidebar widgets are coded in. When you go to Widgets under Appearance you won't see any of these in the sidebar section, but when you start adding widgets you want, they ones that are coded in will be removed. That way you can add the ones you want. To make sure you have the quiz's added to your sidebar seperately instead of the category section you will need to use the Recent Posts widget. The only downside is that it only shows the latest 15 at maximum.

        Hope this helps,

        Leslie
        Thanks, I just added the recent posts widget and the Search box is now gone.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mar
          The widgets section is blank until you put stuff in. By dropping in widgets, wp will replace the existing configuration - eg it will take off the search box.

          As you're just building your site, I don't suppose you'll do a lot of harm by testing out - put every widget in, save and then view the site; then, go back and remove the widgets you don't want to see on the site by dragging the link to the left-hand column.

          I'd be tempted to put in the widgets you want and then add in the search box at the foot of the sidebar - sometimes people will use it to navigate back to something they saw ages ago!

          Mar

          ps - sorry, there is a Latest Posts widget - that should list your quizzes, I think.
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    • Profile picture of the author MichaelParsons
      Hey, cooloer1, neat site. I'll have to play later.

      Anyway, for the searchbar, you need to go to the "custom.CSS" or "User.css" in the apperance>editor and put in this
      Code:
      #searchbar { display: none; }
      If you haven't either of these, you'll have to search your theme's CSS for where the search bar is.

      For the Menu, try a widget search for "dropdown menu" a neat one is at WordPress › WordPress CSS Drop-down Menu « WordPress Plugins

      Title attribute is in the "general" tab of the "settings" section. Also the tagline is there.

      Get All-in-one-seo plugin too
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by MichaelParsons View Post

        Anyway, for the searchbar, you need to go to the "custom.CSS" or "User.css" in the apperance>editor and put in this
        Code:
        #searchbar { display: none; }
        That's absolutely wrong! Don't give misleading advice if you don't know how WP works.

        As Leslie explained, every (normal) theme comes with a few items hand-coded in the widgetized sidebar... and as soon as you put at least one widget there - all the pre-coded items disappear.

        No need to to all that BS with the CSS file(s).
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  • Profile picture of the author Leslie B
    Hi Cooler1,

    When you set up your WordPress blog with a theme, some sidebar widgets are coded in. When you go to Widgets under Appearance you won't see any of these in the sidebar section, but when you start adding widgets you want, they ones that are coded in will be removed. That way you can add the ones you want. To make sure you have the quiz's added to your sidebar seperately instead of the category section you will need to use the Recent Posts widget. The only downside is that it only shows the latest 15 at maximum.

    Hope this helps,

    Leslie
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