Important: Please be sure you have already setup your featured categories before you setup Producer to run in widgets mode.

Step 1: Log into your wordpress admin area.

Step 2: Click on the Appearance Tab

Step 3: Click on Producer Standard Options

Step 4: Look for Magazine layout mode

Step 5: Change from “static” to “widgets”

Step 6: Scroll down and click “Update Options”

Step 7: Look for and click on the “Widgets” link under the “Appearance” tab

Step 8: When you click on “Widgets” you should see the widget placeholders on your right assuming a traditional dashboard setup. See the image below. The widget placeholders are the items named Home Column One, Home Column Two, Home Column Three, Home Column Four, Home Column Five, Home Column Six, Home Column Seven. Home Column Eight, Home Column Nine and Home Column Ten.

Step 9: On the same page, either under “Available Widgets” or “Inactive Widgets” you should see the Featured Category widgets. The are Featured Category 1, Featured Category 2, Featured Category 3, Featured Category 4, Featured Category 5, Featured Category 6, Featured Category 7,Featured Category 8, Featured Category 9, Featured Category 10

Step 10: Drag the Featured Category widgets to the Home Column widget placeholders the same way you drag widgets to your sidebars. You can place any widget into any Home Column space but you should expect to do some experimenting to achieve the best placement. Some widgets might not look good in some columns. Keep a window open where you can view your changes as you make them.

Additional notes: You can also drag other widgets unrelated to Producer into the Home Column widget place holders. The Home Column widget placeholders work the same way as sidebar widget placeholders with the difference being that you can only view widgets in the Home Column placeholders on the homepage in magazine mode.

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