MyBlogLog Widget for WordPress
The MyBlogLog widget plugin is now available for WordPress blogs (see Recent Readers on right). Below are the instructions to put it on your blogs. Note: the plugin is currently not yet available for blogs hosted on wordpress.com
For self-hosted WordPress blogs with version 2.0 or above, follow these steps (see screenshot):
- Install the Sidebar Widgets plugin from Automattic. Skip this step if you already have it installed.
- Download the MyBlogLog widget file: mybloglog_wp_2.zip. Unzip its content into your WP plugins/widgets directory, located at <INSTALL_DIR>/wp-content/plugins/widgets.
- Login to your WP admin, click on the "Plugins" tab, look through the list of installed plugins to find the one called "MyBlogLog", and then click on "Activate" to activate the plugin.
- Finally, click on "Presentation" tab, then "Sidebar Widgets" subtab. You will see MyBlogLog from the "Available Widgets" list. Drag and drop it to your template sidebar, click on the widget setting and follow the instructions on there to set it up.
For older versions (self-hosted), since they don't work with the Sidebar Widgets from Automattic above, you will need to add it straight to the sidebar template. This requires a little understanding of HTML editing. Follow the steps below (see screenshot):
- Login to your WP admin, click on "Presentation", "Theme Editor", then "Sidebar Template".
- Looking at the HTML code of your sidebar, you will see a lot of <ul> and <li> tags. Each tag basically displays one of the items listing on the sidebar. You would want to create one like that for your MyBlogLog widget. So first, go grab your MyBlogLog widget code, enclose it with <li> and </li> tags, pick a spot and paste the code there (see screenshot).
- Click the "Update File" button to save. That's all!
