Blogger Gadgets (Page Elements or widgets)

I have over a period of time received 3 queries pertaining to bloggers not being able to add a HTML/Javascript Gadget (previously referred to as Page Element and also called widgets) which seems to indicate the bloggers may not have chosen the correct Gadget, so I am going to explain exactly what one need to do when one wants to install hit or visitor counter, advertisements, etc. here together with a screen shot to make matters clear and easy to understand.

The very first thing you need to do is of course to log into your Blogger account which will take you to the Dashboard. You will then need to click on LAYOUT for the relevant blog to which you want to add the widget. Next step is to click "Add a Gadget" (previously "Add a Page Element") in the appropriate section (Header or sidebar or footer or, if you use my template the main column where the posts are). Having done that, you should get a list of (currently) 19 Gadgets (previously called Page Element) like in the screen shot below:



The HTML/Javascript gadget is the 11th gadget down the list. Click on that and you should get a box to paste the script for the visitor counter or advertisement, etc.

If this is not clear, leave comment and I will see what I can do.