Widgets

Slide 1: Widgets – fun things for your blog’s sidebar

Slide 2: In the Weblogs tab, click on the Design section of the appropriate blog. This is where you will find the Widget gallery.

Slide 3: A gallery full of widgets for your blog

Slide 4: The Widget that I will use as an example is the Odeo podcast player, which can be found in Widgetbox- another Widget provider.

Slide 5: In order for the Widget to work, you need to provide it with details of your podcast feed- i.e. Where your podcasts are on the internet.

Slide 6: As the Widget instructions stipulate, by clicking on this link I will be given an HTML code, allowing the Widget to locate the podcasts, and thereby put a player on the blog.

Slide 7: Copy this HTML code onto your clipboard.

Slide 8: Paste the code here from Odeo, and then Add to TypePad

Slide 10: Will automatically add the widget to your sidebar. You can decide exactly where you want it to be in your sidebar by using the Design tab.

Slide 11: How the widget appears on your blog