Quick Blogging Guide: Theme Widgets and Sidebars
Most blog theme designs come with widgets that a blogger can use to add custom contents on a blog, notably on the blog’s sidebars. A sidebar is that “narrow” column of a blog, that are either placed on the left side or at the right side.
Depending on the theme’s over-all design, a theme can have a single sidebar and is called a 2-column themes (the layout of this site, Bloggista.net is based on a 2-column theme where the sidebar is placed on the right).
Dual sidebar themes have 3-columns where the sidebars are placed both on the left and right or side-by-side, more popular choice is to place the widgets on the right side (Bloggista.com is an example of a 3-column theme blog).
Some themes could have 4 or more sidebars (check out Shopping.bloggista.com). However, there are also blog themes that do not have widgets, and the layout is already fixed (check out Consulting.bloggista.com to see an example of a blog theme with no widgets).
What are the uses of Widgets?
Widgets are used to add customized content on a blog, in the sidebars. In Wordpress blogs, several widgets are available that make Wordpress a popular blogging platform among bloggers. To use the Widgets, go to YourBlog’s Dashboard > Presentation > Themes | Widgets.
Quick Blogging Guide: Working with Plugins
In your Wordpress blog’s Dashboard, you can find a tab called Plugins. Plugins are utilities and custom-written Wordpress add-on programs that extend the functionality and features of your blog.
Plugins can either enhance your comments form by adding a subscription option (Subscribe to comments plugin), or by displaying your commenter’s latest posts (CommentLuv plugin). You can also display your Top Commenters/Commentators or Recent Comments and posts on your sidebar (by using the widgets functionality).
You can also embed a YouTube video (Gecko Tube plugin) or embed any HTML code (video, ads, etc.) using the EmbedIt plugin. You can also block SPAM comments by activating the AKISMET plugin, or make your blog ranks well in the search engines by Read more
Quick Blogging Guide: Choosing a Blog Theme
Now that you have a blog, the next step is to choose a theme - or your blog’s design. Themes change your blog’s look and feel, based on your preferences.
Bloggista.net offers several free Themes that you can choose to make your blog look better. To change your blog’s design, follow these easy steps:
Step1. Login to your blog using the Meta link on your blog, or by typing the following link on your browser -> http://yourblog.bloggista.net/wp-admin.
Step 2. Once you’re logged in, Wordpress takes you to your blog’s Dashboard. To change your blog’s theme, click on the link below “Welcome to Wordpress” which says “Change your site’s look or theme”, or Read more
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