Blogging: Wonderful Widgets
One thing I have been crazy about since they came of use are the widgets that we’re able to use in our WordPress sidebars.
A few short years ago, editing a sidebar was as big a pain in the butt as editing the theme still is now. I’m not sure if they’ll ever made that as user-friendly or imagine that it’s even doable. But then, I’m not a PHP queen, only a PHP manipulator.
Anyway, widgets are great, and so versatile. Look at all the stuff they hold just in my sidbar. I have an optin box there. How easy is that? Just use a text widget, pop in the autoresponder code and you’re all set!
And there are other widgets that need PHP code. Sometimes that code won’t work in a plain old, every day text widget. So, what’s a non-programming type person to do?
I have the solution!
The plugin for WordPress is called “Daiko’s Text Widget,” and if you’re using WordPress 2.7+, you can find it and install it right from the comfort of your own blog.
This widget will do everything a text widget will do, and then some.
So, if you ever toss some code into a widget and it won’t work?
You’ll know what to do.
I don’t know who Daiko is, but his/her widget is the bomb!
