Who wants to help an idiot?

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  brandonlara · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 2:42 am

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  I am “fresh out the gate” new to blogging and WordPress. On my blog (http://brandonlara.wordpress.com/), to the left of the “Recently” column was an “About” column; I attempted to edit it and unfortunately deleted it instead. Any ideas to get it back, ANY help is appreciated… respect.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 2:54 am

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  The About (brief bio) that you saw is part of the default sidebar. As soon as you add additional widgets to the sidebar it disappears. But what you can do is create a text widget and replace it with that. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/12/24/using-the-text-widget/

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  brandonlara · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 3:14 am

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  I really appreciate the help but I am quickly giving up hope on this one. When I go to the widgets tab, it states that my current theme isn’t ” Widget-Aware”. I’m not off to a good start.

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 3:31 am

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  Just change themes then. Virtually all the other themes accept widgets, and they’re really too useful to do without.

  Also, if you could change your profile so it links to your WP.com blog rather than your website, it would help us help you. The other site is irrelevant when it comes to the forum.

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  brandonlara · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 3:37 am

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  I got it… thanks you two for the help, REALLY.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 4:32 am

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  You’re welcome and happy blogging. :)

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  mymyspacelayouts · Member · Sep 3, 2007 at 5:35 am

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  We were all idiots at one point when starting to blog. Keep in mind that Google is your best friend. Ask it questions and you can usually find what you’re looking for.