How to Post Widgets on Tumblr
The micro-blogging service Tumblr offers several different ways to control the look and feel of your Tumblr blog. You can pick through the provided templates or use custom coding to design your blog. When you use custom coding, you can include widgets into your blog. Widgets are small scripts that add features to your site, such as music players, games and tags.
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Instructions
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Log in to your Tumblr account, and click "Customize." Click "Theme," then "Use Custom HTML."
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Scroll through the HTML code on this page until you reach a box with "<div id="description">." The description block is your sidebar area on the Tumblr blog.
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Copy and paste your widget code from the widget provider's website anywhere in the description DIV block.
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Save your Tumblr HTML changes and visit the front page of your microblog. Your widgets display in your sidebar, giving your blog readers something new and exciting to check out.
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Tips & Warnings
Widgets are available directly from widget designers and come in many different shapes and sizes. Facebook badges, Last.fm playlists, Skype integration and Flickr photo display are just a few examples of the widgets that are available for Tumblr.
