Gallery Widget

The Gallery widget makes it easy to display a photo gallery in your sidebar. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see the widget settings look like this: Title:   Allows you to add your own custom title.  For example, My…Continue Reading Gallery Widget

Import & Export Links

You can import links from other blogs or systems into your blogroll via Tools > Import. Import Links You import links as follows: 1.  Go to Tools > Import 2.  Click Run Importer under Blogroll on the Import screen. 3.  Specify your OPML URL or upload your OPML file from your computer. Your OPML URL is…Continue Reading Import & Export Links

Browser Issues

Some issues that you experience with your blog can be caused by your browser. Symptoms of browser issues vary and can include: The content area in the Visual editor is blank (white) and text only appears when you change to the text editor. The Add Media button won’t open. Failure of icons on visual editor…Continue Reading Browser Issues

Recent posts widget

The Recent Posts widget displays the most recent posts you have published.  It makes it easier for site visitors to see what’s new on your site. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see that the widget settings…Continue Reading Recent posts widget

Recent Comments Widget

The Recent Comments Widget displays links to the most recent comments left on your site. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see that the widget settings look like this: Title:  Allows you to add your own custom…Continue Reading Recent Comments Widget

Pages widget

The Pages widget displays a list of your pages in the sidebar. You can also use the custom menu widget to display links to pages. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see that the widget settings look…Continue Reading Pages widget

Meta Widget

The Meta widget is a simple widget that makes it easy to log in and log out of your site, access your dashboard, find your RSS feeds. You access your dashboard by clicking on Site Admin once you’ve logged into your site. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once…Continue Reading Meta Widget

Links widget

The Links widget is used to display links you’ve added via Links > Add New in the sidebar. The most common type of link widget you’ll hear mentioned is a blogroll.  A blogroll was originally used by bloggers to provide a list of links to their favourite bloggers.  Nowadays the term blogroll refers to any list of links…Continue Reading Links widget

Image Widget

The Image widget makes it easy to add images and badges to your sidebar. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see the widget settings look like this: Title:  The title displayed above the image. Add Image:  Used to…Continue Reading Image Widget

Google Search Widget

The Google Search Widget adds a Google search field to your sidebar. Your privacy needs to be set to ‘Allow search engines to index this site’ in Settings > Reading for it to be able to search content on your site. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a sidebar: Settings Once you add…Continue Reading Google Search Widget