A Webtalks reader asked me a simple question…Are there any widgets which are similar to wordpress plug-ins. The answer is yes .There are some widgets created by professionals which are almost similar to wordpress 2 plug-ins

Label Cloud widget: In wordpress, label is also known as category cloud. By default, the new blogger displays labels and a number just after it indicating the number of posts in the label. You can turn it into a label cloud with the broad label being of the biggest font size by simply copying this code from here .This is the one, I used..

Archive calendar widget : By default, the new blogger has three archive lists. Hierarchy, flat list and a dropdown. In contrast, wordpress has a calendar archive .Purplemoggy and phydeaux ,boh have created separate widgets for it. You can get them here and here


Recent posts widget: As I have explained in my previous article, for displaying a list of recent posts, you need to convert into java script. This can be done here. A maximum of 25 recent posts can be shown with a single feed. Just fillout the form there

and then paste the java script snippet in a HTML/ Javascript page element of your page layout. This method has a big disadvantage as the links are dynamic, so no search engine would be able to index the post links.Anyways, you can still have a ready made widget from here

Recent comments widget: Fillout the form. Remember, you need to be signed in to blogger to use it.

Summarised posts script:{Peek A boo posts}Often, wordpress posts are limited to a short summary of post on the main page of blog. Visitors have to click links like Read more/Continue Reading/more.. etc. to read the full entry or to comment.But blogger does not have any such feature,I would refer you too this hack by Hans.But don’t visit that blog if you are afraid of coding. I’m currently trying to build such a feature without the use of complex codes.

Top commentator widget: Currently, no coder has been able to develop top commenter widget. I am expecting it soon...

Top posts/Popularity widget: You can deep study your stats and have a separate link list for popular posts as it is summarized {Peek A Boo} posts don’t have any such feature yet for the new blogger