Category Archives: Widgets

Skribit: Blogging Widget to Help Writers’ Block

Every blogger, whether a WordPress user or not, will probably come up against a problem many bloggers face: writers’ block.
Skribit promises to alleviate that by providing widget code that you can add to Blogger, TypePad, self-hosted WordPress, or any other HTML webpage. This widget allows your readers to suggest new topics or ask for advice. [...] Read more »

In Defense of WordPress 2.5’s New Widget Manager

If you’ve been keeping up with WordPress 2.5, you probably know the intuitive drag-and-drop sidebar assembly of WordPress 2.2/2.3 has been replaced with a more cluttered method of widget administration, involving a dropdown to select the sidebar you want to work with (see screenshot).
At first glance this seems like a step backwards, but I came [...] Read more »