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Table 3.6
Blog-Specific Links Enhance Your Site
Widget
Functionality
Settings
Copies
Akismet
Spam statistics
N/A
No
Archives
Links to your posts, one link
Title, Show post counts,
Yes
per month
Displays a drop-down
Authors
Links to your posts, one link
Title, Show x posts per author,
No
per author
Avatar size
Blog Stats
Total site visits
Title, Label: “hits” or your entry
No
Calendar
Links to your posts, one link
Title
Yes
per calendar day
Categories
Links to your posts, one link
Title, y/n for dropdown, post
Yes
per category
counts, hierarchy
Category
Links to your posts per
Title, # categories, font sizes
No
Cloud
category in a cloud
Gravatar
Show your Gravatar image
Title, user, Size, alignment,
Yes
URL, description
Links
Your blogroll of sites you
Y/N to show all links, image,
Yes
recommend
name, description, rating
Meta
Log in/out, admin, feed and
Title
Yes
WordPress links
Pages
Your blog's WordPress Pages
Title, sort order, exclude specific
Yes
pages
Recent
Links to recent comments
Title, # comments, avatar size or
No
Comments
none, colors
Recent Posts
Links to recent posts
Title, # posts
No
Search
Search your blog
Title
Yes
Tag Cloud
Links to your posts per tag
Title
No
in a cloud
Top Clicks
Links to popular clicks on your
Title, display length, # URLs
No
blog
to show
Top Posts
Links to popular posts on your
Title, # posts to show
No
blog
Table 3.7
Social Media Links Bring Your Online Life Together
Widget
Functionality
Settings
Copies
del.icio.us
Tie your blog to your del.icio.us
Title, your login, # links, bookmarks
No
account
Flickr
Photos from your Flickr account
Title, Flickr RSS URL, # photos
No
Meebo
Allow IM chats among you and
Find and paste HTML code
No
your users
Twitter
Display your tweets from Twitter
Title, username, # tweets, show
Yes
replies, default text
