How to Add a Gadget in Blogger

Hello everyone!
I've wanted to add this and was finally motivated by the Kraafters Kommunity today. Hope this helps whether you're new to Blogger or just never got around to it. You can click on each photo to enlarge them if necessary :)  

  You will be directed to your Blogger Dashboard

Decide where you would like your new Gadget to go (if you have three columns choose which side) and click on "Add a Gadget".

A small window will appear in the upper left, scroll down until you see "HTML/Java Script" and then click on the plus sign beside it.

Type a simple title so that you know what it is when looking at your Layout later. Right click the large box in the middle and paste the code you copied from the source in the box. Then hit "Save"

You can click on your Gadget and drag it to where you want it to be. I keep my most important gadgets near the top and everything else in sections below. It's a good idea to "Preview" your new Gadget just to make sure everything looks okay. A Preview will open up in a new tab. If everything looks good click "Save Arrangement" in the top right hand corner of your dashboard.

You're done! Congratulations!

Happy Blogging!

Upload Your New (Made by You) Background Image to Your Blog

I'm done! Yeah! I hope this helps people just starting out or that want a more personalized blog.

This is the third part of a tutorial series

Part one: 

Easy Steps to Make Your Own Images for Blog Backgrounds, Headers and Other Projects

Part two:  

Make Your Own Blog Background

Now that you've prepared your images and have made them into a blog background, it's time to test it out. If you went in order of the blog series you'll still have your blog background open in Picmonkey to finesse.

Steps:

Although this does NOT involve messing with code, I recommend having a test blog. If you would like to know how to make a test blog and make it private, please ask. It's very simple. 

1. Go to your dashboard by clicking on design.

2. Click on "Template" and then click on "Customize"

3. Click on Background

4. On the box that says "Background Image" click on the down arrow. A box will pop up called, Select Background Image. Click on "Upload Image" and then "Browse"

5. When you click "Upload image" your photos will pop up. Choose the background image you made or found on the web.

6. Your image will show in the box and will also show on your blog. If everything looks good, click on "Done".

7. You're almost finished. Don't forget to click "Apply to blog". Now "View blog".

 

Congratulations on your new blog background!

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