Sidebars and Widgets
Widgets are the sidebars that run down the sides of your blog. They come in real handy when trying to customize your blog. They are a great way to help visitors to your blog navigate through all the content. There are many different types of widgets to customize your blog.
- Click on Widgets in the Appearance DropBox in the Dashboard.
- In the Available Widgets menu, drag the widget you want into the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
- You can drag widgets off of the sidebar off to remove ones you may not want.
Some of the basic widgets are:
Search: Allows users to search your blog posts
Categories: Use this to categorize all your posts
Archives: Use this to separates by month’s entries
Links: Use this to add other important websites
Text: Use this to embed code or have a quick message