Adding image on sidebar, my easy way...
Not sure if this is in the WA training but, I went ahead on my own cause I was so anxious to do it on my website, so I went and did my research. There's a training here in WA on inserting banners on the sidebar, you can always check it out and get the idea. Just found an easy way to add my own image.
There was ways online showing me how to do it but, for some reason It didn't show where and how they were getting the text/code for the picture that they're putting on sidebar. Here's what I did.
1. open a new page
2. put a picture that you want to add on sidebar on that new page (by the way, I'm using text on sidebar widgets)
3. once you put the image that you want, click text and copy the whole code.
4. go to appearance and open widgets
5. click on the text you want to place the image in.
6. just paste the code on the text and save
When you check your website your image should appear on the sidebar. You can always adjust the image on the page you created it in and copy that code and paste on the text. When you're done inserting the image on your sidebar, you can always delete that page you created for that project. Here's the link of Kyle's training so you'll have a better idea on what I'm talking about. https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/adding-a-wa-banner-to-a-wordpress-sidebar-widget
Hope this helps any new member in WA who wants to get creative in there website. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Aloha,
June
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Yo Yo Yo June,
Been through five explanations no help. With yours it took me literally only seconds.
Thanks.
Barry
Hey Barry, I'm glad this helped. I actually found this out by doing my own research on YouTube. It took me awhile to find it too, I'm just glad I can share this with everyone here.
June
What codes are you looking for?
If you are looking for banner text code go here:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/banners
In your visual editor hit media and insert the media you want. Then go to the text editor and grab the code from the media you just inserted. That's the code you are looking for. Place that code in a text sidebar.
Use a new page if you have trouble finding the code.
Hi...Thank you for share with us. I was trying to learn how to do it, but I didn't know and now thanks to you I made it. Thank you
Hi June,
I'm trying to add an image (which I managed to do using your method) - but also add my affiliate link to that image (not a WA link)....
When I add the image to a new page, add the link to the image - then go to text and copy the code....go to widgets and follow your prompts.....
it still only opens up the image when you click on it, and not the link...
any ideas how to fix this?
Hey Karina, it should work. It's been awhile since I did that to my website so I had to do it again to see why it's not working for you.
Make sure when you go to the page with your image to insert link.
1. Check the code when you click text to see if your link was inserted with the rest of the code.
2. Go back to the widget you want it to be and paste the whole thing
I had to do it multiple times cause it wasn't working at first. So I tested it out by linking the image inserting the WA banner link and it worked.
The other test I did was link my other page to the image and it worked. I was wondering why it wasn't working in the beginning.
Look at the text on the page closely and make sure the link you want to insert is in the code.
Hope this helps.
June, I like using the sidebar once I can get it the way I want it. I'm trying to free up more of my time, because using banners will be a great access to what I will be accomplishing.
Ricardo, I have my profile picture on the sidebar so people can see right away who is behind the website. I added a banner right below it using another text
Yea, I got it last night by hitting control + c, don't know why I didn't think about that at first, but right clicking wasn't working. Thanks for the help, and the article!
alright, glad it's working for you. Man, before I joined WA I didn't even know copy and paste lol...
For some reason i can't copy the whole code when i do this. Every time I right click the code is no longer highlighted and 'copy' is not an option. Am I doing something wrong?
Hey Chris, sorry for the late reply. I guess it's the time difference. When you created a page just for the picture, did you click text on the right corner? If you have windows, click the text button when the image is there and click in the box where the code is. Try control a, that should highlight the code, then control c, that should copy the code. When you get to the widgets for the side bar, right click and paste. I did have a similar situation once when I tried to copy and paste a link and it wouldn't let me. After I turned off my computer and did it the next day it was able to. Let me know if it's still not working for you.
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Great!