Thursday, June 13, 2013

How to Add a Label Cloud to Blogger Dynamic View Templates

A label cloud, also known as a tag cloud, is a great way to sort and categorize your blog posts and enhance the user experience. The label cloud can help guide your users to posts that are relevant to their interests.

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A well managed label cloud can direct users to the posts that they want to read . 


 Adding a label cloud widget to your blog is actually really easy to do with Blogger. Better still, the label cloud is even one of the few widgets (gadgets) that works seamlessly with Dynamic View templates. Here, I'll show you how to add the widget to your blog.

Step 1: Click the Layout tab on your "My Blogs" Dashboard




Note: If you have multiple blogs on your Blogger Dashboard, first choose which blog you're adding the label cloud to in order to get to that Blog's dashboard. Then select the "Layout" tab.


Step 2: Click the "Add a Gadget" Link


This will bring up a pop up with a list of gadgets.




Step 3: Select the "Labels" Gadget


Step 4: Choose the Gadget Options


Select the "Cloud" Option to get a tag cloud. You can also choose to sort your labels alphabetically, or by how frequently they are tagged on your posts.

Once you have selected your preferred options, click the Save button.

Step 5: Preview Your New Gadget



Now that you are back on the "My Blogs" Layout page, click the preview button to view what the new gadget will look like on your actual blog. Feel free to go back and change the gadget settings until you find the options that look right for your blog.

Step 6: Click Save Arrangement Button




Once you're please with the settings, click the "Save Arrangement" button to finalize it on your blog!


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