I did not overdo the widgets while setting up my blog but it is great to have a wider selection to choose from and know what is available so I will be able to add a variety of widgets and badges to other blogs that I create in the future. Thank you.

I don’t have the Badges I want but instead I have just made-do with what I have. Or perhaps I have just changed my mind and now want something different. Either way it’s just not good enough and I will have to try a little harder in the future to find exactly what I want.

There are so many widgets and badges to add to my blog. I just have the basic ones at the moment. Do you have any suggestions on which ones we should use?

I know it’s a personal choice but are any of them better for one reason or another?

My blogger friends and I have all done the hard yards and learned it ourselves. Like anything, when it’s new, it can be very frustrating. When I started, it took me two days to work out how to login into my self-hosted WordPress blog! Can you believe that! At the time, I knew I would laugh at it some day.

There is a very good product out there that gives support for learning how to blog… Have you heard of Year of The Affiliate and Year of The Blogger?

I have trouble understanding how to add Badges and Widgets to my blog because I am not that great with html, but with the tools available it makes sense to add as much as possible so that my blog stands out as looking professional, is attractive to other bloggers.
Do you recommend beginners purchase a blog that is already set up, or use a basic wordpress blog, and add as you learn? I am wondering for my next blog if I should head over to rentacoder or another company (at the moment I can’t think of its name!!!) to “put it out there” to purchase a template. Saving time? Is it saving money?

Good to know how to add Badges and Widgets.

Cheers
Lisa