A Widget is a display element the administrator can place into a Container in order to display something specific at this place.

There are many different widgets available and each can be configured in a variety of ways.

Skin designers only add widget containers into their skins. The actual widgets are then placed into the containers by each collection owner using that skin. (Note: when creating a new collection, b2evolution populates common containers such as the Header and the Sidebar with some common widgets).

To add a widget container into a skin, a skin designer would use the skin_container(). More information here: template tag.

See also:

• Collection Widgets
• Widgets Reference
• Widget Plugins
• Skin Development Primer : will show you how to visualize widgets and Containers on screen