The first widget you will want to add is a Share This widget. Share This has a wonderful customizable widget you can add at the foot of your posts that looks much more professional than blogger’s default social links. However, you’ll want to be sure that AFTER you add the Share This widget that you go back and delete the bit of html code for the default blogger social link bar. To you this you need to do the following:
1. Go to Template on your Design menu and select “Backup/Restore.” Select “Download Full Template.” This will ensure that in case you make a mistake you can always select this download to return to your current template. Once the template is downloaded close the Backup/Restore window.
2. Now select “Edit HTML.” Click “Proceed.”
3. Expand widgets and scroll down or use the find window (ctrl+F) to find the following code (or something similar):
<b:if cond=’data:top.showEmailButton’><a class=’goog-inline-block share-button sb-email’ expr:href=’data:post.sharePostUrl + "&target=email"’ expr:title=’data:top.emailThisMsg’ target=’_blank’><span class=’share-button-link-text’><data:top.emailThisMsg/></span></a></b:if><b:if cond=’data:top.showBlogThisButton’><a class=’goog-inline-block share-button sb-blog’ expr:href=’data:post.sharePostUrl + "&target=blog"’ expr:onclick=’"window.open(this.href, \"_blank\", \"height=270,width=475\"); return false;"’ expr:title=’data:top.blogThisMsg’ target=’_blank’><span class=’share-button-link-text’><data:top.blogThisMsg/></span></a></b:if><b:if cond=’data:top.showTwitterButton’><a class=’goog-inline-block share-button sb-twitter’ expr:href=’data:post.sharePostUrl + "&target=twitter"’ expr:title=’data:top.shareToTwitterMsg’ target=’_blank’><span class=’share-button-link-text’><data:top.shareToTwitterMsg/></span></a></b:if><b:if cond=’data:top.showFacebookButton’><a class=’goog-inline-block share-button sb-facebook’ expr:href=’data:post.sharePostUrl + "&target=facebook"’ expr:onclick=’"window.open(this.href, \"_blank\", \"height=430,width=640\"); return false;"’ expr:title=’data:top.shareToFacebookMsg’ target=’_blank’><span class=’share-button-link-text’><data:top.shareToFacebookMsg/></span></a></b:if><b:if cond=’data:top.showOrkutButton’><a class=’goog-inline-block share-button sb-orkut’ expr:href=’data:post.sharePostUrl + "&target=orkut"’ expr:title=’data:top.shareToOrkutMsg’ target=’_blank’><span class=’share-button-link-text’><data:top.shareToOrkutMsg/></span></a></b:if><b:if cond=’data:top.showDummy’><div class=’goog-inline-block dummy-container’><data:post.dummyTag/></div></b:if>
The second widget isn’t really a widget but rather html code for a post footer subscribe box. While you may have a subscription box in your sidebar, your readers are more likely to subscribe to your blog if they have something in their same line of sight as the post they are reading. To add this widget, you will need to do the following:
1. Go to Template on your Design menu and select “Backup/Restore.” Select “Download Full Template.” This will ensure that in case you make a mistake you can always select this download to return to your current template. Once the template is downloaded close the Backup/Restore window.
2. Now select “Edit HTML.” Click “Proceed.”
3. Expand widgets and scroll down or use the find window (ctrl+F) to find the following code (or something similar):
<div class=’post-footer-line post-footer-line-2′><span class=’post-labels’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.labels’>
<data:postLabelsLabel/>
<b:loop values=’data:post.labels’ var=’label’>
<a expr:href=’data:label.url’ rel=’tag’><data:label.name/></a><b:if cond=’data:label.isLast != "true"’>,</b:if>
</b:loop>
</b:if>
</span> </div>
The main thing you want to find is the “post-footer-line” that is for your “post-labels.”
4. Below this section (ending in </div>), paste the following code:
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