How To Do it Yourself: How To Add Widgets or Gadgets To Attract Visitors

Sunday, 27 March 2011

How To Add Widgets or Gadgets To Attract Visitors

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What are Gadgets or Widgets ?
   On every website you will see some space where they have put up images , videos , news , categories , stats , music player etc . These things called Widgets or Gadgets , The widgets are appointed to a fix space on your blog and while you change posts or you move between different posts the widgets will appear on same place you kept them .
   Blogger by default gives you some widgets on every new blog you make , such as FOLLOWERS , BLOG ARCHIVE , ABOUT ME .
   Blogger provides you with ready made Gadgets which you can add to any place you like on your blog and these are like :

Popular Posts(New!)Displays a list of popular posts on your blog. By Blogger
	Blog's stats(New!) Displays your blog's stats. By Blogger
	Pages Displays a list of stand-alone pages on your blog. By Blogger
	AdSense Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog. By Blogger
	Followers Already added Displays a list of users who follow your blog By Blogger
	Search Box Search over your blog, your blogroll, and everything you've linked to. By Google Custom Search
	HTML/JavaScript Add third-party functionality or other code to your blog. By Blogger
	Text Add some words to your blog - like a welcome message - with our rich text editor. By Blogger
	Picture Add a picture from your computer or from somewhere else on the web. By Blogger
	Slideshow Add a slideshow of your photos to your blog. By Blogger
	Video Bar Display clips from YouTube and Google Video for your readers to watch without leaving the page. By Blogger
	Poll Survey your visitors by adding a poll to your blog. By Blogger
	Blog List Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favorite blogs. By Blogger
	Link List Add a collection of your favorite sites, blogs, or web pages. By Blogger
	List Add a list of your favorite books, movies, or anything you like. By Blogger
	Feed Add content from an RSS or Atom feed to your blog. By Blogger
	Newsreel Automatically add current headlines from Google News to your blog. By Blogger
	Labels Show all the labels of posts in your blog. By Blogger
	Subscription Links Let your readers easily subscribe to your blog with popular feed readers By Blogger
	Logo Choose from a variety of Blogger logos to add to your page. By Blogger
	Profile Already added Display information about yourself. By Blogger
	Blog Archive Already added Display links to older posts. By Blogger
	Page Header Already added Display your blog's title and description. By Blogger

HOW TO ADD ONE GADGET TO MY BLOG ?

FIRST OF ALL GO TO "DASHBOARD" AND CLICK ON "Design" and you will see something like this :

Click on "Add a Gadget" and you will see a list which you saw above . Scroll Down and Select things you want to appear on your blog . The most used gadget is of HTML where you get endless possibilities to add what ever you want , but this is used by advanced users which ill explain in one separate chapter later on .

Here are things you would like to add on your new blog .

BLOG'S STATS
POPULAR POSTS
SEARCH BOX
SLIDE SHOW
POLL
FEED
LABELS
SUBSCRIPTION LINKS

SPEND SOME TIME WITH THESE GADGETS AND YOU WILL LEARN QUICKLY .

You can drag and drop any Gadget from one place to other which suits you the"Dotted Boxes" are options where you can put your Gadget on your Blog . After you have added many Gadgets "Save" and click on "View Blog"

REMEMBER TO TEST YOUR BLOG ON INTERNET EXPLORER AND GOOGLE CHROMEIF THERE IS PROBLEM WITH ANY GADGET YOU CAN REMOVE IT . THE MORE GADGETS YOU HAVE ON YOUR BLOG MAKES IT HEAVIER TO LOAD SO ADD WISELY .

NOTICE : YOU CAN EDIT OR DELETE YOUR GADGETS FROM YOUR PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE TOOLS BUTTON WHICH APPEARS UNDER EVERY GADGET.

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