Browsing All Posts filed under »WordPress Widgets«

Milestone Widget for all WordPress.com blogs

January 13, 2012 by

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Save The Date! Forever also sports a custom design for a new widget we call Milestone. You can find it in your blog dashboard at Appearance → Widgets and it’s pretty easy to use. Just pick a title for your event, a date and time, and a special message for the big day, and you’re… [Read more…]

Facebook Like Box for WordPress.com

July 14, 2011 by

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WordPress.com social networking features are being added continually.  If you are one of those WordPress.com users who has eagerly been awaiting a Facebook like box you can use on your blog — the waiting is over.  Look at you widgets page and discover a new addition  that’s bound to make you smile.  Appearance > Widgets… [Read more…]

WordPress: Create a random post icon

February 13, 2011 by

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It’s easy to post a link in a text widget in your wordpress blog’s sidebar that when clicked will display a random post found in your blog. You can use anchor text or not. Simply place the code into a text widget and display it at the top of your blog’s sidebar for reader convenience. … [Read more…]

Custom Menus Arrive at WordPress.com

June 17, 2010 by

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For those of you that are too busy blogging (or too busy with life) to be bothered with WordPress announcements, sit up and pay attention: The Custom Menu feature has arrived at WordPress.com. This has been something I have wanted for a very long time, and all that waiting has finally paid off. I’ve been… [Read more…]

Netvibes Drag’n'Follow Facebook, MySpace, Twitter Widgets

July 27, 2009 by

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Netvibes Introduces New Drag-and-Follow Facebook, MySpace and Twitter Widget Netvibes is a free portal you can personalize. All the information you need in one page. With the rapid growth of real-time content and activity feeds from sources like Facebook and Twitter, many people are struggling to keep track of multiple friends and interests that change… [Read more…]

Widgets: Less is More

January 2, 2009 by

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Widgets generally  accomplish one or more of the following things: improve the functionality of a site by providing reader accessibility to content that is not located on the front page; act as leaders for e-commerce or other transactions; promote and lead traffic to the site serving the widget; redirect readers to high quality sources of… [Read more…]

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