creating a badge

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  mmtread · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 8:20 pm

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  I’ve held a photo competition, and I want to create a badge that the finalists can add to their own blogs, stating they the were indeed finalists and linking to the competition. How do I do this?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 2:21 am

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  A badge is an image. Once you have the image you can use this grab my button code generator to make a badge > http://www.mycoolrealm.com/sandbox/gbgen/

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  mmtread · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 10:59 am

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  Okay, so I’ve created the badge – no problem. I’ve inserted the correct code into a text widget in my secondary sidebar. Looks great. The only thing is that there is a box below it which displays a bunch of HTML code. How to I get rid of this? Thanks!

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  mmtread · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 11:09 am

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  I’ve put the badge into an image widget rather than a text one, and it’s working fine. But the idea is to have other bloggers be able to display the badge. Is there a way to do that using an image widget, or do they need the “Grab My Button” code? And if so, again, how do you make it display the image without having the code visible?

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  tandava108 · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 11:12 am

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  The code is what people should copy if they want to add the button to their site! If you just want the button on your site copy that and put it in the text area.

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Feb 1, 2013 at 9:32 pm

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  @ mmtread, if you go to my blog and this post you find out how to make a code, its very easy.

  make a blog button

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  timethief · Member · Feb 1, 2013 at 9:34 pm

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  @mmtread

  But the idea is to have other bloggers be able to display the badge. … the only thing is that there is a box below it which displays a bunch of HTML code.

  tandava108 provided the answer above.

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  mmtread · Member · Feb 3, 2013 at 8:12 am

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  So, the badge looks great, but once again, THERE IS A BOX BELOW WITH THE ENTIRE HTML CODE. How do I get rid of this?