Adding a 3 Column Widget Area to any WordPress Theme’s Footer

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Unlike the theme I was using on blogger, the theme I started with on this wordpress blog never came with a three column footer widget area and I needed it badly. Stacking all my widgets on both sidebars isn't the best practice: Your visitors reads through your post and what next? The comment box and then, footer credit? That's so boring :) Creating a three column widget are in your wordpress theme'sfooter makes your visitors explore your site a bit further than they probably would without those widgets. Adding your popular posts and other suggested reading keeps them a bit longer and contributes to reducing your blog's bounce rate. I searched for a plugin to get this done but didn't find … [Read more...]

Display Blogger Widget/Adsense Unit At The Homepage Only

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Every Widget/Gadget you add in blogger automatically shows on all pages but sometimes, you might wish to have a widget appear just on the homepage only and nowhere else. If you've noticed, there are some page elements on this site's homepage that won't appear on post pages and you can do this for ads, html/javascript or any other page element. Instead of just making the widget appear on the homepage only, you can as well make it appear on a particular post page only.How To Make Widget/Adsense Unit Appear On The Homepage OnlyTo do this, you need to first know your widget ID by following the steps below:1. Log in to blogger2. Go to Design and locate the widget you wish to appear at the … [Read more...]