Tutorial: Design Your Blog with Gadgets

This is a tutorial on how to customize the style of your blog by using Blogger’s Gadgets.

This post was inspired by the Blogger Document, titled Change the design of your blog.

“Gadgets” are tools a user can add to sections of their blog, such as the sidebar. Each gadget has a different feature, like search bars, follower counts, and more!

Steps:

1. Log into Blogger.

2. On the left sidebar, select the “Layout” tab.

3. Click on the blue “Add a Gadget” hyperlinked text. In my example, I will be adding the gadget in the

sidebar.

4. Select the Gadget.

5. Customize the gadget’s settings and select “Save.”

The Configure Labels section in Blogger that allows users to customize the gadget's settings.

6. The gadget should now be displayed!

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