samhagin

your theme most likely does not have support for widgets, can you please try using the shortcode instead to see if that works, you can find documentation on how to use the shortcode at https://webwiki.co/wp-float/

it is possible your home page does not have widget support, please provide the link to the page showing the border so I can see what the cause of the issue is

sorry for the delay, do you have a link to the “Random image gallery with pretty photo zoom” plugin? if so please provide it so I can download it and test with wp float to see what the cause of the conflict is, thanks

may i please know the exact settings you are using?

shortcode is currently not supported, this will be added shortly. contact tab however shows on every page/post by default. does it not show on the page when the user is logged in? or o you want it to show for users logged in only?

try changing your theme to the wordpress default twentyten/twentyeleven temporarily to see if WP Float works, if it does then your current theme may have issues handling widgets, its is also possible another plugin may be conflicting with WP Float. You can temporarily disable other plugins to see if it works

You should try adding the widget to the left/right sidebar of your theme instead of the footer. I’ve never tested WP Float in a footer widget so can’t really tell why it is behaving that way. Let me know if it works with a left/right sidebar widget positions

The shortcode is not for widgets but for posts or pages, the shortcode only works when you are actually on viewing the page or post, you can see an example at https://sandbox.webwiki.co/wp-float-shortcode-test/, the shortcode used on that page is [wp_float type="float" location="top" align="left" offsetlocation="" offsetalign="" speed="" width="" ]<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/WebWikiCo/220588208033178"><img src="https://www.aweber.com/images/testdrive/facebook.png" alt="" /></a>[/wp_float]
unfortunately you have to add it on each post/page that you want it to show on. The main reason for making WP Float into a widget is to give you the ability to run more than one instance of it, however seems some themes don’t have widget support which is making the plugin not work for some people. in the next release i hope to make this work even if your theme has no widget support

You have to use the media uploader(Media >> Add New) to upload the image and copy the URL for it. To add the image to WP Float, go to Appearance >> Wigets , then add WP Float and the content should be <img src="link-to-image" /> , where ‘link-to-image’ is the link for the image.

@gertyphotography , your theme may not have widget support added to pages/post , you can try using the shortcode for WP Float as described at https://webwiki.co/wp-float/ and that works on pages/post regardless of whether the theme has widget support or not

@chink12 , can you please provide a link to your site so I can take a look to see why WP Float is not working as it should ? just as a test, when you try using the shortcode for WP Float, does that work ?

may i please know the settings you are using with WP float that is not working ? for documentation on how to use WP Float , please check hhttps://webwiki.co/wp-float/ .

below is a link to the screenshot https://www.uploadscreenshot.com/image/1070599/917420

Sorry for the delay, i installed the photocrati theme and added an image with WP Float, this image is set to top/left/float and it works fine, you can take a look at https://sandbox.webwiki.co/ , perhaps some customizations made to the theme you are using is the cause of the issue, I’d suggest you continue using version 1.2 since that works for your current theme.

1. I tested version 1.3 with a bunch of themes and it does show at the very left of the screen , perhaps your theme has javascript that is conflicting with WP Float. i will look into the Photocrati theme to see if I can replicate this and update this post.

2.The rich text editor in version 1.2 uses wp_editor, unfortunately that functionality does not work well with widgets, you can read more on this at https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/20264 , i’m however still looking into this to see if there is a workaround

simply check all options except for ‘show for posts in category’ and that should show it on all pages, posts, category archives etc