[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6686: New Feature: insert header & footer snippets

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#6686: New Feature: insert header & footer snippets
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 Reporter:  Mrasnika        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  Template        |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  header, footer  |  
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Comment (by jhodgdon):

 Mark - In my opinion, it is doubtful that Widgets could be used here. Or
 that they would be all that appropriate. Especially for the header --
 wp_head() and the wp_head action actually go into the HTML head section,
 not the body section, so only things like meta tags and such can be
 inserted there, not things that will actually appear on the screen (which
 is what Widgets are. I think that most people also wouldn't want something
 as complex as most of the widgets in the bottom of their page footer
 either -- more likely it's a copyright notice, a link to some plugin that
 made your site possible, etc.

 That said, it might be possible to set up some common things people would
 want to add (plain text and links for footer; meta tags and link tags, and
 ??? for the header), in a manner similar to Widgets, but I think these
 would be two completely separate lists of items from the Widgets used on
 the sidebar. So probably on a separate Design page.

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