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Components are editable containers for pieces of code or text that can be inserted into a theme template. At their simplest components are ideal for small strings of text that are part of a theme file that the website owner may want to edit down the road. Examples are taglines, quotes, or sidebar items. | Components are editable containers for pieces of code or text that can be inserted into a theme template. At their simplest components are ideal for small strings of text that are part of a theme file that the website owner may want to edit down the road. Examples are taglines, quotes, or sidebar items. | ||
- | Components can be used to edit and insert whole blocks of formatted html into a sidebar, a footer or a multi-column layout. | + | * Components can be used to edit and insert whole blocks of formatted html content into a sidebar, a footer or a multi-column layout. |
- | + | * Components can contain code so they can be used to insert dynamic content like a gallery, a list of blog posts, an image slider or a contact form. | |
- | Components can contain code so they can be used to insert dynamic content like a gallery, a list of blog posts, an image slider or a contact form. | + | * Components can be included in all pages or individual pages or only in specific pages by conditional statements in the template. See [[components-depending-on-the_page|Components Depending On The Page]]. |
- | + | * Components can be used to alter items in the head section of a page, for example to add css or a robots.txt | |
- | Components can be included in all pages or individual pages or only in specific pages by conditional statements in the template. See [[components-depending-on-the_page|Components Depending On The Page]]. | + | * Components can be used inside other components |
+ | * Components can be saved empty, with no content | ||
To create a component, log into your administrator panel and goto **Theme -> Edit Components**. From there, it is pretty self explanatory on how to add or edit existing components. | To create a component, log into your administrator panel and goto **Theme -> Edit Components**. From there, it is pretty self explanatory on how to add or edit existing components. |