Adding An HTML / JavaScript Gadget?

Some blog owners try to add a new gadget to their blog, unsuccessfully.

When I try to add my own gadget to my blog, it won't accept it. It says
We are sorry, this gadget appears to be broken.

This gadget has errors and cannot be used until fixed.
I've seen the gadget used, on other blogs. Why not, on my blog?

There is a small problem in understanding, how to add gadgets.

Blogger lets people add HTML / JavaScript based gadgets, provided by various developers and non Google services - and they let people make their own, XML based gadgets. Some people confuse the two types of gadgets.

Most people know about adding HTML / JavaScript gadgets.

Besides the previously discussed problem with adding / editing the "HTML/JavaScript" gadget, not everybody may know to select the right gadget. Almost everybody should use "Add a Gadget", select "HTML/JavaScript" from the "Basics" tab - then add the HTML / JavaScript code made by / supplied to you.

Add an "HTML / JavaScript" gadget, using "Basics".

You can, alternately, write your own gadget, using XML. If you wish to write an XML gadget, you select the "Add your own" tab, in "Add a Gadget" - then enter the URL of the XML code.

Add an "XML" gadget, using "Add your own".

Just don't select "Add your own", if you want to add HTML / JavaScript. "Add your own" is for XML coded gadgets, that you write.

Add A Custom Redirect, If You Change A Post URL

When you rename a blog, the most that you can do, to keep the old URL useful, is to setup a stub post , with a clickable link to the new URL. Yo! The blog is now at xxxxxxx.blogspot.com!! Blogger forbids gateway blogs, and similar blog to blog redirections . When you rename a post, you can setup a custom redirect - and automatically redirect your readers to the post, under its new URL. You should take advantage of this option, if you change a post URL.

What's The URL Of My Blog?

We see the plea for help, periodically I need the URL of my blog, so I can give it to my friends. Help! Who's buried in Grant's Tomb, after all? No Chuck, be polite. OK, OK. The title of this blog is "The Real Blogger Status", and the title of this post is "What's The URL Of My Blog?".

Adding A Link To Your Blog Post

Occasionally, you see a very odd, cryptic complaint I just added a link in my blog, but the link vanished! No, it wasn't your imagination.

The Real Blogger Status

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