custom widget install

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  doc2u · Member · May 31, 2010 at 3:14 pm

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  Hello all-
  A friend has developed a .php widget for an RSS feed to the wordpress sidebar, of the last five posts on a webmaster forum we both belong to. His site, for which he developed the widget, is a self-hosted blog, while mine is not (http://mst3.wordpress.com). I see that some code gets stripped by WordPress’ system, but I wasn’t sure whether .php falls into that category, as I’m not a coder.
  Can anyone tell me whether I’m chasing my tail on this? Can such a widget be uploaded to my blog?

  Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2010 at 4:08 pm

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  Probably not and definitely not id it contains restricted code like jacascript. Please read on. Many lack a clear appreciation of the differences between free blogs provided by and being free hosted by wordpress.COM on this multi-user blogging platform, and free software installs from wordpress>ORG that you can hire a web host for and set up on your own. These entries tell it like it is.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2010 at 4:15 pm

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  That being said it’s important to know to these too:
  WordPress.com does not allow blogs that are filled automatically with RSS feed content . This is a bloggging platform and not an aggregation platform.

  All wordpress blogs have RSS feeds for entries and for comments.
  Example: for posts your feed URL is > http://mst3.wordpress.com/feed/ and for comments it is http://mst3.wordpress.com/comments/feed/

  The RSS widget will let you display entries from any RSS feed. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-widget/

  The RSS Links Widget allows you to easily add links to your blog’s post and comment RSS feeds in your sidebar.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-links-widget/

  Best wishes with your blog. :)

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  doc2u · Member · May 31, 2010 at 4:52 pm

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  timethief, I appreciate your response!

  The RSS widget you recommended did the trick for me. I’m all set, and grateful as all get-out!

  Other support forums could really take a page from wordpress.com’s book. You guys & gals are super!

  Thanks.

  Doc

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  timethief · Member · May 31, 2010 at 4:57 pm

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  @doc2U
  I’m so happy I hit the nail on the head for you. Thanks so much for the kind words. Best wishes for happy blogging. :)