Starting out with wordpress, just one problem!

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  fikelfikel · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:03 pm

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  I am starting out with WordPress and am wanting to add a custom widget to all my pages. It is a blog counter from http://www.blogcounters.com. How do I add a custom widget? Thank you!

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  rosclarke · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:19 pm

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  Please give us a link to your blog so we can see how to help you.

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  fikelfikel · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:28 pm

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  Here is the link to my blog: compuhead.wordpress.com.

  It is being constructed at the moment, so it dosen’t lok it’s best.

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  rosclarke · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:46 pm

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  Thanks. Just so you know, it’s more helpful to give a working link (starting with http) or to link your username to your blog (see this thread for instructions: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1)

  You can’t add a custom widget to a wordpress.com blog. If you have the html code for the widget, you can put it in a text widget in your sidebar. However, if it contains flash, javascript or iframes, wordpress.com will strip that out.

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  fikelfikel · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:51 pm

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  Sorry, it uses javascript. Damn it anyway!!!

  Do you know any blog counter that I could add to it?

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  fikelfikel · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 6:56 pm

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  and now that we are on the point, how do you add a text widget?

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  rosclarke · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm

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  I don’t know about other blog counters.

  To add a text widget, just go to Appearance – widgets – then add. If you haven’t changed your widgets at all, then be aware that the sample set of widgets that come when you start a new blog will all automatically be removed, but can easily be re-added on the same widgets page, without any loss of data.

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  fikelfikel · Member · Feb 3, 2009 at 7:25 pm

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  Thank you rosclarke! You have helped me a lot! Thank you for your detailed information! Thank you so very much! And here I was creating a blog to help people with stuff technical! Wow!