Mybloglog widget
Actually i have known mybloglog for quite a long time already, but i just dont have time to try it by myself in my blog. So today i spent a couple hours to explore more about its feature. Because my blog is using wordpress 2.03 so i just follow the instruction given in mybloglog site :
- Install the Sidebar Widgets plugin from Automattic. Skip this step if you already have it installed.
- Download the MyBlogLog widget file: mybloglog_wp_2.zip. Unzip its content into your WP plugins/widgets directory, located at
/wp-content/plugins/widgets . - Login to your WP admin, click on the “Plugins” tab, look through the list of installed plugins to find the one called “MyBlogLog”, and then click on “Activate” to activate the plugin.
- Finally, click on “Presentation” tab, then “Sidebar Widgets” subtab. You will see MyBlogLog from the “Available Widgets” list. Drag and drop it to your template sidebar, click on the widget setting and follow the instructions on there to set it up.
But because i’m using other template so i need to edit the template by myself and put the code in my own template. So if you are not really familiar with html, it might be not too easy for you to add this widget. My suggestion to mybloglog developer if they want this widget used by a lot of blogger then they might think about a way to make the installation easier.
Its kind of fun honestly to play around with this mybloglog widget, because make you curious about who is visiting your blog. One big advantage for sure it will bring more traffic to your site because when you visit other people blog which got mybloglog as well, you will leave a link to your site. Only one downside you have to think about it is about your web site loading speed will be slower because have to connect to mybloglog server to retrieve the data. As you can see on the left side of my blog, i will leave this mybloglog there for a while to see if its really useful for me or not.
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