Feb 13 2009
How to Install Widgets on your Blogger Blog
You see a neat widget . . . but how the heck do you install it on your Blogger blog?
Lesson 17: Installing Widgets on Your Blogger blog
Once you start looking at other blogs (and you should be to learn how to format your own), you’ll notice cool-looking widgets that you may want to install on your Blogger blog.
How the heck would I install something like that? you may be thinking. It’s very, very easy.
You see, rather than having to actually go into the template and fiddle with HTML, Blogger allows you to add a number of items to your blog–and takes the guess-work out of it for you.
Usually, widgets will have an install code. Click on a desired widget to visit the site to get your own and look for a snippet of code. Run your mouse over the code to select it or right-click and hit “Select All” then press “Copy.” Once the code is highlighted, return to your blog and go to Layout.
How to Install Widgets
- At Navbar, click on “Add a Gadget.”
- Scroll down until you come to HTML/JavaScript
- Select that and paste the code into the box
- You can choose a title for the top part of the box
- Press “Save” and you are done!
Check out your blog to see your new widget, proudly showing itself off in your blog’s sidebar!
Installing a widget on your Blogger blog is easy, thanks to the handy HTML button.
- Take a deep breath and reward yourself by going out for some pizza. You are joining the ranks of dedicated, pizza-loving bloggers.
Once you get on to the process, installing widgets can be one of the neatest aspects of blogging.
Hi Chris,
This is where Blogger really shines. Rather than having to actually go into your template and add a snippet of code. Simply grab the code (run your mouse over it to highlight it, right-click and press copy) then go to Blogger Layout. Click on “Add a Gadget” and scroll down until you see HTML/Java Script. Click on that and simply paste the code into the box. Save and you’re done.
Return to your blog and you should see your widget in the sidebar. You can also determine where your widget sits by dragging its box either up or downwards, pressing save, and then returning to your blog to check how it looks.
Let me know how you make out.