Many have asked how to add, remove & change the order of your widgets on your outside blog. So, today I put together a short tutorial on how to do all of this. If you are not familiar with how these widgets work, watch this simple 3 minute video & it will walk you through step by step.
If you are having trouble viewing what I do on my screen, click the full screen tab & watch.
If you are not familiar with what some of these widgets are, visit these posts in my widget series where I explain the some of the most popular widgets available for your outside blog:
Widget Wednesday~ Tips to Enhance Your Outside Blog- Part 1
Widget Wednesday~ Tips to Enhance Your Outside Blog- Part 2
Widget Wednesday~ Tips to Enhance Your Outside Blog- Part 3
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Jer...
I really liked this "active" demo. Now, I wish that you would do one for "EVERYTHING" on AR because nothing beats a visual demonstration!
Jeremy - Geez...I must have been asleep at the switch. I seem to have missed all of your postings about the widgets. This one is bookmarked!! Thanks for the great tips.
Once again a very nice tutorial. I have my homework cut out for me. I can't get the color to work even with the tutorial last week :(
As long as people don't go crazy with the widgets... there are a few blogs that take a terribly long time to load because of all the stuff...
Richard- I will definitely be doing more of these type of real time tutorials in the very near future.
Donna- Its ok to miss them...you were probably busy making big bucks selling real estate!
Joan- What color are you referring to?
Lane- Good points my friend!
Jeremy - Great job on this tutorial! I bet this will come in handy for a lot of folks.
I appreciate this. I still need work on my outside blog and always like the extra lessons. The video makes is so simple to understand.
Thanks, Jeremy.
Oooops. I left the comment without signing in. Again, thanks for the info.
It's ok Ally- It happens to the best of us! :)
Thank you, thank you! I have been busy and behind on my online presence. Time to catch up. Great video!
Jeremy: Thank you for the recap on this series. I book marked this for a closer look.
Very easy to follow tutorial, Jeremy. Rainers should be selective when adding widgets so that they don't add too many and slow down their page load times.
Hi Jeremy - I need to add some widgets to my blog and profile since I don't have any. Your tutorial will be very helpful. Thanks.
Awesome you need to do more. This will be very helpful to folks here in the rain.
Jeremy, You are the best! I am new to AR and just setting up all of my blogs, web pages, etc. HUGE help! Thanks !
Thanks for sharing this wonderful DEMO, Jeremy, and I really like those social media connecting "gears" that you publish at the end of your posts :-)
Thanks Jeremy - we sure appreciate all of the "how to" info that you put out for us, so often. This one reminds me that I need to take another look at my outside blog and tweak it!
My question is how can you put on a custom wideget on your outside box, such as a fax both from facebook? I see how you can add your twitter stream, but nothing from facebook.
Any suggestions on how to add the facebook fan box to an outside blog, I have it on my activerain blog, but can't figure out how to get it on the outside blog.
Everytime I turn on the computer, I have more and more work to do. Thanks, Jeremy!
Jeremy,
Your videos might even outrank my love of the AR Webinars, although the live interaction was da bomb. This is WONDERFUL.
THANKS FOR THE VISUAL! I too like to see it, touch it, feel it as they say. It helps me learn
Patricia Aulson/portsmouth nh real estate
I think your approach will work wonders for the new members and help them get right into the ideas to be successful behind AR. Thanks for always thinking of new ways to engage us.
Now that I found where the bookmark button is, you are bookmarked officially! thanks
Jeremy - Terrific format to do these tutorials in. Cant wait to see more. Great Job!
Jeremy
Thanks for the Tutorial. It was engaging and easy to understand.
Jeremy, Thanks for the tutorial. I will definitley use it since I am just getting going on all this stuff.
More active demos! This is great. Now I need to find the first step. Hahahahaha! The whole outside blog thing is still a little confusing for me but I'll figure it out eventually. One step at a time.
Jeremy - the visual demo really makes a big difference. HOpe to see AR make more use of this in tutorials.
Jeff
Jeremy...
Chopped liver? Oh. Please. I prefer pate :)
P.S. Do you know I'm still working on that nickname thing? It took me two years to nickname Bob. One of these days the perfect nickname is just going to pop into my deranged mind :)
TLW...ROAR!
Hey Jeremy,
At the risk of sounding ignorant, I have a question. What is an ourside blog and why do I need one. I have a personal website that I post blogs to regularly. I understand the cost is $19.00, is that monthly?
Also, on a personal note, how long have you lived in Myrtle Beach. You may know my sister-in-law or her husband. If you prefer to send a private message email would be fine.
Jeremy - have you found that the widgets make loading your page more difficult and slow? It seems to be the case for me, so I only put a couple of widgets on my page... thoughts? suggestions?
Bev & Bob- If you need help setting up your outside Blog, feel free to contact me. I am planning on doing a few tutorials on that over the next few weeks, but we don't want you to wait that long!
Emily- The ones that I have on my Outside Blog do not seem to be slowing down the rate of which my page loads. Although I do not have many of the 3rd party widgets running on my page.
Sybil- I will be emailing you in a bit!
wow, things sure have gotten easier!! This was a great tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
Jeremy are there any plans to add more widgets for the outside blogs? It would be great to have mybloglog added.
Bill- Hopefully in time there will become an html widget that allows you to load whatever you wish like on AR.
Jeremy..Excellent demo...would be nice to do one for slide or one of the other programs available..Brad has demonstrated them in the past but a refresher would be helpful..thank you
Jeremy:
More stuff to learn. I don't know how you guys do it. Where do you find the time?