How to add a HTML widget !!

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  coner999 · Member · Mar 24, 2010 at 7:06 am

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  Its easy to add and HTML widget in blogspot but i am not getting how to do in wordpress.com please help me

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  onoff · Member · Mar 24, 2010 at 7:16 am

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  Simple HTML widgets can be added using a text widget.

  Widgets that are built with javascript, forms or flash will not work as we remove those for security reasons:

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  mannerofspeaking · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 2:20 pm

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  At first I thought it short-sighted for WP to prohibit JavaScript given that it is so widely used. However, even if it leans extremely far in the direction of safety, that is not a bad thing. As the WP.com platform is free to use, we bloggers can hardly complain (even if we can suggest improvements).

  On a positive note, it seems that more and more developers are looking for ways to make WP.com friendly widgets by using HTML instead of Java. I recently discovered how to add social networking buttons to my posts and this has been great.

  One thing that I have noticed – the TweetMeMe button shows up when you view the post itself but not when you see the post on the main page. Any way around this?

  Many thanks.

  John Zimmer

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  markel · Staff · Mar 25, 2010 at 2:52 pm

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  Checking with this forum thread: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-tweetmeme-button-only-appears-after-clicking-the-post-title-help?replies=5

  Try adding “only_single=false” into the shortcode and see if that does it for you.

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  mannerofspeaking · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 5:37 pm

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  Thanks, Markel. I am playing with it now but can’t seem to find the right way to place it. The HTML code is not long:

  [tweetmeme http://www.URL.com]

  How would it look with the “only_single=false” added? Or could this be done in visual mode?

  Many thanks.

  John

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  mannerofspeaking · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 5:39 pm

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  I see that the HTML code was instantly converted to the visual in the post above. Trying to rewrite again with just the part between the < and >

  < a href=”http://www.url.com/” target=”_blank”>http://www.URL.com

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  timethief · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 5:45 pm

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  All shortcodes are entered into the HTML (code) editor.
  Altogether, it looks like this: [tweetmeme source=”your_twitter_name” only_single=false http://www.URL.com%5D

  I just tried this is my test blog and it worked.

  From > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/heres-how-to-add-a-tweetmeme-button-to-your-blog-posts-wo-plugins-or-long-cod?replies=46

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  mannerofspeaking · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 5:46 pm

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  Timethief, you beat me to it by a second. I googled the operative part of the code and Tweetmeme and got to the same page. Very easy to do.

  Thanks to you and Markel for the help.

  John

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  timethief · Member · Mar 25, 2010 at 6:04 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)