Bear, Diah and Pasha

Dec 9th, 2008 by papabear

It is good to be back after a few days away due to the celebration of Aidil Adha recently. I have been receiving a few queries on how to put the link to my RSS feed using the widget at the bottom right of this blog page and therefore, I might as well share it with all of you who wants to have that as well.

Before I go on, please take note that I am not a programmer and therefore, my explanation would not go beyond my limited technical knowledge. Furthermore, I found this piece of code while hopping around from one blog to another and I could not remember where I learned this but this method was mentioned in a few blogs out there. So, blog hopping is not really a waste of time after all…

This method is the simplest that I have found so far. The other method that I learned was more complex and required that you have access to your hosting server. So, for the benefit of those who are not self hosted, I have decided to teach you this simple coding and it is what I am using too.

CAUTIONS: I am not responsible for any damage to your blog so do this after you have backed up your code and at your own risk!

Below is the code that you need to copy to your HTML file.

<div style="display:scroll;position:fixed;bottom:5px;right:5px;"> <a href="http://your own URL here" title="your own title here"> <img style=border="0" src="the location of your image file here" alt="your own text here"></a></div>

You need to copy this code right after the <body> tag if you want to load it first or before the </body> tag if you want to load it last, in your HTML file. If you do not know how to do that, I suggest that you go and read a bit about your theme file / HTML file as without that basic, I do not recommend that you touch it.

After you have copied the code above, replace the part as indicated in the code above with your own URL as well as your own image location. The texts are optional but it would be nice of you to add them in.

You can experiment with the location of the image by changing the value starting from the "display and before the closing ".

You may need to press F5 if nothing happened after you have updated your HTML file and if still nothing happenen after that, you must have done something wrong. This should work on any self hosted wordpress blog as well as any Blogger blog. I have no knowledge about any other blog platform out there.

Another thing to note is, if you have copied the code above to your Notepad, just pay attention to the ” sign as Notepad tends to change it and it would not work if you just copy from it directly. Just retype all the ” and you will be okay.

That’s all for now and enjoy your new skill.

Tags: Blog, Blogger, code, html, On the Web, RSS, self hosted, side widget, Uniform Resource Locator, URL, Weblogs, widget, wordpress

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53 Responses to “A Simple Widget for Your Blog”

on 09 Dec 2008 at 2:30 pm1ahmike

first

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 2:31 pm2ahmike

Bro you eventually blog about this. I have been searching this for long while. Having this is good. people will notice when scrolling down the blog or what…

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 2:32 pm3negaraku.net

A Simple Widget for Your Blog…

A short tutorial on how to add a simple side widget for your blog….
on 09 Dec 2008 at 2:51 pm4ummu_hanis

hai beruang, betol la beruang crite pasal nuffnang tuh. tapi dier tetap kire gak. cumer pengguna celcom broandband dier tak kira. yg guna server lain dier kire. aku nak pegi umah akak aku nih pinjam dier nye streamyx. aku nak blajo aa add lain ngan ko. nanti aku anto ko email yek. bai beruang.

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 2:55 pm5papabear

ahmike, you can do it now! and congrats for becoming the 1st commenter!

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:00 pm6papabear

ummu, apa yg dia tak kira? blajo aa add? konpius aku… haha

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:10 pm7fark.my

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:17 pm8RockYourVote.net

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A short tutorial on how to add a simple side widget for your blog….
on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:19 pm9malaysiastory.com

A Simple Widget for Your Blog…

A short tutorial on how to add a simple side widget for your blog….
on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:34 pm10bluecrystaldude

Bro, will this widget slow my page loading rate? I have received few complaints last month on how slow my page was. So, I deleted some of less important widgets to increase my loading rate. Do you think my site is still slow?

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 3:41 pm11papabear

bluedude, it is only a small code and as for me I load it last and therefore, does not really slow down anything. As for you blog, I just loaded it and the only slow part is when it is loading something called h1.ripaway.com. That took more than 10 seconds and once that was done, everything else was quite fast…

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 6:01 pm12Taukey

halo there. hehehe. nice tutorial. i see that bluedude’s blog has a very good traffic from USA. Would be better to monetize either using adsense and chitika.

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 6:03 pm13Gabriel Lai

I have Feed Me on my blog… Cool!!!

http://www.gabriellai.com/

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 6:09 pm14papabear

taukey, yup! that bluedude is famous outside Malaysia… hehe
gabriel, i saw that! cool!

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on 09 Dec 2008 at 6:41 pm15ummu_hanis

hahaha. aku pon konpius. maksudnye nuffnang tu still kire org yg dtg bukan guna ip celcom. ala ko kan ade byk add add tu kan. aku nak ler tau camne nak ape kan nye. sori ler. tadik tgh ngantok. huhu.

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 12:05 am16papabear

ummu, ooo… selain dari Adsense, ada Project Wonderful, Adgitize, dan Contexweb dan semuanya mesti English content….

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 12:49 am17|1f34|-|1r3

haha..i also made the same tutorial last time..LOL

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 12:55 am18papabear

life4hire, may be I got that from your blog. I had to do it as there were many people asking how to do it. Thanks to you bro!

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:00 am19|1f34|-|1r3

haha..no worries bro..sharing is caring ! myabe this post can help you remember it! and this was your comment…hehe

shaxx on Fri, 21st Nov 2008 1:27 am (Edit)
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Ini lah yang ku cari cari… thanks bro!

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:09 am20Teens Make Money Online | Zulhusni

papabear,
i seen lots of this widget but with no link and just to beautify the blog. but today you had give me the idea on using the widget to feed reader with feeds. thanks papabear. applied it on my blog already. check it out!

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:20 am21papabear

life4hire, that’s right! thanks for reminding me!
zulhusni, glad that you have found it useful

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 4:21 am22tekkaus

This is really, really cool! Gonna add this to my blog. Muahaha! Thanks. =)

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 10:59 am23cheryna

nanti ilang plak liverpool logo sha tuh…hihihi…regardless, it’s nice bro..

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 2:10 pm24ecah

hi papabear.. very good widget!! first i installed it while dropping by at your blog.. hehhh really increase my feeds count eventhough i’m still new to blogging.. thanks so much for your effort..

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 8:09 pm25bantingboy

hehe. macam nih pun leh jadi. Hehe best!

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 8:37 pm26Calvyn

this widget is cool, can attracted visitor click on it

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on 10 Dec 2008 at 10:27 pm27zool

Senang rupanya..
ingatkan kena berjava script tadi

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 1:07 am28Easiest Online

Nice Info friend

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 2:34 am29papabear

tekkaus, no problem and have fun with it!
cheryna, thanks sis!
ecah, great that it works for you!
bantingboy, mesti buleh punya!
calvyn, that’s the idea!
zool, memang senang jer…
easiest online, thanks!

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 3:31 am30emme

Salam, terima kasih ye… saya sangat suke widget ni. baru je pasang.

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 3:55 am31papabear

emme, bagus bagus!

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 10:36 am32EmahTimah

brader letakn link saya kat blog awak leh x

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on 11 Dec 2008 at 11:19 pm33papabear

emah,boleh, tp letak link saya dulu kat blog awak…

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 1:15 am34titan

nanti aku try kat salah satu blog aku.

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 1:29 am35papabear

titan, selamat mencuba!

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 3:54 am36naira

Nak kena try test tengok nih..

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 3:56 am37flawedangel

BTW, I have linked you on my blog.. hope you don’t mind!

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 4:24 am38flawedangel

Woohoo! It worked! Thanks PapaBear! (Tapi kita punya graphic lain )

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 10:15 am39papabear

naira, silakan try test tengok…

flawedangel, thanks and i don’t mind. will link you back. and of course you should use your own picture…

eh… both of you are the same person eh…?

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 12:59 pm40EiNS

Nak tanya, compatible tak dengan ie6? macam messed up je bila view ngan ie6 padahal guna browser2 lain ok je (opera, firefox, chrome)…

kena consider gak..sbb ramai lagi org yg guna ie6 bcoz default browser win xp…

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on 12 Dec 2008 at 11:43 pm41sufian

thanks.. noted that!

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on 14 Dec 2008 at 2:34 am42papabear

eins, ya betol! not compatible with IE6 and below. IE7 is okay. BTW, I only have a few visitors coming in with IE6… thanks for the info!

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on 14 Dec 2008 at 12:26 pm43Speak now or forever hold me, please « The Third Degree

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on 15 Dec 2008 at 6:07 am44The Fitness Diva

I’m not sure what this widget is for? What is it supposed to do?
Feed me what? Money? If it’s for that, well, OKAY!

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on 15 Dec 2008 at 9:14 am45EiNS

I create mine using javascript btw, need to use transparent gif though coz in older browser transparent png is not supported..

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on 15 Dec 2008 at 10:14 am46papabear

fitness diva, you can link it to anywhere you like. the tag there is justto get attention and nothing else. the link that I put there is to my rss feed at feedburner.

eins, can u show me how to do transparent gif. thanks.

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on 15 Dec 2008 at 3:17 pm47flip9

haha..nice tutorial..thnx!
im gonna alter the image a little bit and put it on my blog..
hope it will increase my blog subscriber..

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on 15 Dec 2008 at 3:22 pm48papabear

flip9, it is recommended that you use your own picture and you are most welcome!

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on 17 Dec 2008 at 6:40 pm49EiNS

Read JomPHP for tutorial on creating transparent gif..

Just create a “follow button” for my blogspot blog, easy for people to follow my blog…

take a look at : http://ipsa-net.blogspot.com

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 2:14 am
thanks. saw that already! tp yg follow button tu kat mana?

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on 18 Dec 2008 at 7:59 pm50Den EstismMiz

First of all congratulation for such a great site. I learned a lot reading article here today. I will make sure i visit this site once a day so i can learn more.

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 2:16 am
you are welcome!

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on 19 Apr 2009 at 2:13 pm51Mosaika

I congratulate on a holiday of all
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