XF 2.2 XFMG Widget placed into forum_view_type_article page help please.

[oO5 Dynasty]

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Hey, So I started messing around with Article pages, and I wanted to add an XFMG Slider widget to the article page.
There is no option for this specific type of forum. So was just wondering how could this be achieved.

I was thinking of a slider at the top and a slider in the sidebar.






Side note: This is new territory for me cause I'm used to there being an option for widgets. So please don't yell at me for not knowing this lol.

 

[Paul B]

Widgets can be added to templates manually using: <xf:widget key="widget_key" /> .

 

[oO5 Dynasty]

Man, you are amazing.

I do have another question.
Are we suppose to place the code

<xf:widget key="widget_key" />

in a specific place inside the template.
I just put it where I thought it should go, but then made sure to Relocate slider

.p-body-main

Just want to make sure I am correctly editing these templates the right way.
Trying to not make mistakes, and cause errors.

 

[Paul B]

Are we suppose to place the code

<xf:widget key="widget_key" />

in a specific place inside the template.

In general, yes.

It may require conditional statements if you only want it show based on certain crieria, and Less/HTML to modify the styling, etc.

 

[oO5 Dynasty]

Widgets can be added to templates manually using: <xf:widget key="widget_key" /> .

In general, yes.

It may require conditional statements if you only want it show based on certain crieria, and Less/HTML to modify the styling, etc.

I have a lot to learn lol.
My biggest problem is not understanding what the string of code is saying, and what it is actually doing.
Not anybody's fault but mine, and I'm a study up on this stuff. But again you are amazing...
Pretty sure ill need more help before the weeks out.

 

[Paul B]

This string <xf:widget key="widget_key" /> ?

It's just using a built in XF function -- xf:widget key= -- to add a specific widget to a template/page.

You can read up on some of the documented xf tags here: https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/template-syntax/

The widget tag is described here: https://xenforo.com/docs/dev/template-syntax/#widget-tag

 

[oO5 Dynasty]

Much Appreciated!