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Your insight that the first entry was 100% of the parent gave me a clue; I had previewed the page after inserting first widget. I started over, creating all three widgets before previewing and everything worked fine. The columns were created with Siteorigin and you’re right; my problem was in my sequence of steps with their plugin. I would have posted to them after checking for any Xtreme implications. As it was, you guys seem able to solve anything and I do appreciate your help. THANKS,
david