How to add a link to the "Links" widget?

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  fennelisblue · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 11:01 pm

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  Hi, this may sound a very silly question but I’ve been trying intuitively to figure out how to add a link (of a blog I really like) to my “Links” widget on the sidebar on the right. I’m using Chateau theme, and although I have done it in the past as I have put some other links to blogs and websites there, I cannot remember now how to do it. The title of the Links widget is “Off The Planet” and I would like to add a few more blogs and websites that I like there. I also tried the “Blogs I follow” widget but yet again where on Earth do you put the actual link to the blogs you follow?!

  Many thanks for any help.
  Tree Spirit from “Active Intuition” blog.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 11:04 pm

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  Hi there,
  You cannot enter links into the Links widget directly. If you wish you create a blogroll of related sites that you recommend to your readers then you enter the links into it in your dashboard Links section and display them in a Links widget.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/blogroll/add-a-blogroll-link/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/links-widget/

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  timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 11:06 pm

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  I also tried the “Blogs I follow” widget

  You cannot enter links into the Blogs I follow widget directly. Read the guide here please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blogs-i-follow-widget/

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  youngd2632 · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 11:40 pm

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  hello timethief, i just started my blog recently, and i have been trying to add some 3rd party widgets, unfortunately i cannot find the plugin tab on my page (the tutorial i followed to open the blog has it but i dont). is the anyway for me to get those widgets e.g black studio tinymce widget. thanks

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  youngd2632 · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 11:41 pm

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  hello timethief, i just started my blog recently, and i have been trying to add some 3rd party widgets, unfortunately i cannot find the plugin tab on my page (the tutorial i followed to open the blog has it but i dont). is the anyway for me to get those widgets e.g black studio tinymce widget. thanks

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  andymci · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 12:08 am

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  Hey youngd2632,

  Plugins aren’t supported on WordPress.com. The plugin you’re referring to (Black Studio TinyMCE) is meant for the self-hosted WordPress software from WordPress.org.

  If you’re looking to get started with the WordPress software from WordPress.org, check here first: http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start

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  fennelisblue · Member · Aug 21, 2013 at 9:48 pm

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  Hi Time Thief,
  Thank you very much for your advice. I’ve now managed to update my links and have created a proper Blogroll too. I even included your blogs which is something I was meant to do a long time ago! :)