Link to Website in Sidebar for PC or Mobile Device

  • I’d like a link to our home Web site in the sidebar of the default Twenty Fifteen theme.

    I have observed that the appearance of the sidebar content often changes when the blog is viewed on an android smartphone.

    What is the most-simple way to embed a HTML link to our home Web site so that it shows, and works, when clicked on either a pc or a mobile device, please?

    Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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  • Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    Am I asking this question incorrectly?

    I tried to use HTML in the Tagline and it was not recognized as HTML.

    Where might I put the link, please?

    Set up a custom menu – and add a custom menu item as that link:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Appearance_Menus_Screen

    Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    Excellent, thanks!

    I’ve also just tried t create a Site Icon via Jetpack but don’t see it as a favicon or anywhere else on the site.

    Do you know offhand if the Twelve Fifteen default theme handles that?

    I didn’t see a warning at any point …

    And while I’m at it I read this …

    … and wonder if you agree with their recommendations?

    Thanks again!

    Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    Sorry, something weird happened to the link code …

    BTW: This is the blog I’m working on
    https://www.hbc-bulloch.org/hbc-blog/

    Sure, they’re all decent advice – though you definitely need to use a password that’s hard to guess and at least 8 characters long.

    For a favicon, I use this plugin:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/favicon-by-realfavicongenerator/

    Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    I’ll check that out – but do you have any idea why the Jetpack Site Icon app may have failed?

    Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    OK, just went ahead and deactivated and uninstalled the jetpack Site Icon plugin and installed, activated, and generated the Favicon one … it appears to have worked … according to the app … but I don’t see anything on the Blog page when logged in as Admin.

    I also tried logging out then just visiting the site and no evidence of a favicon viewed that way either.

    I also don’t see anything on my smartphone.

    Could it be that the default Twelve Fifteen theme doesn’t recognize a site icon/favicon?

    Thanks!

    Try clearing the cache on your phone – it’s working for me.

    Thread Starter dcolburn

    (@dcolburn)

    It may be the browser I’m using on my phone, NBpro, it emphasizes privacy and efficiency over appearance.

    It works on my wife’s tablet, not on my laptop using Firefox(could be a cache thing) – but does in Seamonkey, not on my smartphone (could be the browser as mentioned), and not on my son’s laptop running Chrome.

    Very odd – I suspect something in the security settings of the browsers …

    I suspect something in the security settings of the browsers …

    Yep, that sounds likely – Chrome can be really sticky on the cache. And favicons can take a bit of time to update.

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