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Lissa
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 1:16pm \| IP Logged

Dawn, I forgot you had asked about widgets, too! Sorry about that.

A widget is a bit of code that you insert in your sidebar to create a special kind of link or function. Some widgets are simply links to feed services like Bloglines. Others show rolling headlines from your recent posts (see an example here—scroll down a little to see the "Currently in the Common Room" box) or other kinds of changing content that is forwarded by whatever service offers the widget.

You could have a widget that shows what the weather is like where you live, constantly updated. Or one that shows a daily Bible verse. Or one that shows a dictionary word of the day.

Typepad has partnered with several widget providers to make it super-easy to put a widget on your blog, but the options are rather limited. Lots of feed/aggregator services, some advertising services, photos & music, etc. To get Bible verses or word of the day, you'd have to look elsewhere and insert the code manually in a Typelist. They do have that "Currently in {your blog's name]" headlines widget, though.

If anyone ever comes across a "saint of the day" widget, let me know!

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Posted: April 05 2006 at 1:25pm \| IP Logged

Lissa wrote:

If anyone ever comes across a "saint of the day" widget, let me know!

Me too! I have the daily readings from Catholic content but no Saint of the day...though their site says they have more options coming soon.

God bless!

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Dawn
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 1:53pm \| IP Logged

Lissa wrote:

You could have a widget that shows what the weather is like where you live, constantly updated. Or one that shows a daily Bible verse. Or one that shows a dictionary word of the day.

I see they have Weatherbug, which I have on my desktop. It's kind of cute ... except that it's flashing at me right now with more warnings about the snow!

Lissa wrote:

If anyone ever comes across a "saint of the day" widget, let me know!

Now that would be cool!

Thanks again, Lissa!

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Posted: April 05 2006 at 6:12pm \| IP Logged

Great!! I did the bloglines thing, now it's on to Widgets!! My dh thinks I'm completely blog-crazy

, wait til I tell him he needs to "Widget" his blog

Thanks for more fun!

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