Using widgets

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  abelieverinhumanity · Member · Aug 31, 2013 at 9:39 am

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  Hi there,

  so I’ve started a page, and am only just realising how little I know about everything to do with running a blog.

  I’d like people to view my page, and so need followers – and apparently you can use widgets to make this happen.

  So – what is a widget? And how can I use widgets to get people to follow me?

  Thank you, and sorry for what must be a really elementary couple of questions.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 3:15 am

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  You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

  You can customize the contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  See also Inviting Contributors, Followers, and Viewers http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
  Note: As a spammer prevention you are limited to sending out 10 invitations at one point in time. Then wait and send out 10 more.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 3:16 am

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  See here for all the widgets WordPress.com provides > http://en.support.wordpress.com/category/widgets-sidebars/