How do I add a widget that is not listed?

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  wheelsandkeel · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 7:32 pm

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  We just started our blog. I would like to add a weather widget. We will travel from spot to spot and would like to show the weather at our current location on our blog. Has anyone done this? How? Thank you for your help.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 7:33 pm

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  We cannot use JavaScript widgets or iframes for security reasons.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 7:35 pm

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  Will this work for you? http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/widgets-for-wpcom-5-weather/

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  wheelsandkeel · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 7:47 pm

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  I will give this a try…it could take me a while since I’m new but will report back…eventually! Thank you very much.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 7:51 pm

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  You’re welcome. Please note that if your blog is intended to rely heavily on weather information derived from dynamic (automatically updating) widgets you need to abandon the idea of blogging here. Instead hire a web hosted and set up a WordPress.ORG install because then you can use the widgets you need to use without employing workarounds like the one I posted a link to above.

  Read this comparison http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

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  wheelsandkeel · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 2:55 am

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  Here is what I think is the correct shortcode but when it shows up in my sidebar it is info for New York, not Lorton, VA (22079). can you figure out what I did wrong? Thank you.

  [gigya src="http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netwx-v28.swf" height="138" width="180" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="partner=netweather&myspace=1&logo=1&tStyle=normal&zipcode=22079&lang=eng&size=28&theme=1&metric=0' />