Transmutation Sciences

WhatsaWidget?

Widgets are nifty little functions that you can easily add and remove from your sidebar.

With an installed version or WordPress there are dozens of widgets to chose, upload to your site and use. With a WordPress hosted blog you have a much more limited selection.

Here’s the list of widgets currently available. BOLDED widgets are essential.
del.icio.us – links to the social bookmarking site of the same name

Pages - Your blog’s WordPress Pages

Calendar – A calendar of your blog’s posts

Archives – A monthly archive of your blog’s posts

Links – Your blogroll

Meta – Log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress links

Search – Include a search box on your blog

Recent Posts – The most recent posts on your blog

Tag Cloud – Your most used tags in cloud format

Categories - A list or dropdown of categories

Text – Arbitrary text or HTML

RSS – Entries from any RSS or Atom feed

Recent Comments – Displays recent comments

Meebo – Meebo is a web-based instant message service that lets users of major IM services chat in a browser window.

Vodpod Videos – Add your favorite videos from hundreds of sites to your blog with the Vodpod widget. If you know the Pod you want to display, type in the URL here.

Box.net file sharing -Box.net provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality. This widget will let you share all your files with your blog visitors directly on your blog page.

Category Cloud – Count sub-categories in parent

Akismet – AntiSpam program, displays the number of spam caught

Blog Stats – Hit counter

Top Clicks – Top Clicks are calculated from 48-72 hours of stats.

Top Posts – Top Posts are calculated from 24-48 hours of stats.

Flickr – Displays your Flickr account’s contents

Platial MapKit – Platial MapKit lets you make Maps with your readers.

Authors – Lists particpating authors in the blog.