How to Add Widgets to Your Website Using SiteBuilder3

Posted by in How To / Tips on July 5, 2012

A very popular question has surfaced after the release of the new SiteBuilder3: How to add various widgets to my website.

What is a widget?

In the context of website building, a widget is a small application, or a component that allows a user to perform a specific function or access a service.  A few popular widgets include:  chat boxes, badges, clocks, countdowns, weather feeds, news feeds, rss feeds, and more.

How to add a widget?

1. To get started, click on the layout tab at the bottom of the Sitebuilder and select the Custom Html module.

2. Drag the selected module to the spot on your website where you would like the widget to “live”.

3.  Open a new browser window. Determine the type of widget you would like to add to your website and search for available widget code via your favorite search engine.

There are a lot of available online resources specifically dedicated to providing widgets. For example http://www.widgetbox.com/widgets/ provides an extensive collection of widgets you can add to your website for free.

4. Once you have selected your widget and customized it (if this option is available), copy provided HTML code and paste it into the HTML module you have already added to your website. To get started double-click on the module you have added to paste your HTML code. 

5. Click “Save Changes” and you are done! 

Does your website utilize a lot of widgets? Post below for all to see as an example of what is possible.

18 Reader Comments

How to Add Widgets to Your Website Using SiteBuilder3

Samus D. on July 7, 2012

Those widget features are great but I LOVED the Webs Widget Bank because it featured great widgets for Webs sites. Plus all widgets on Widgetbox have a get widget button at the bottom. Why not keep the widget bank?

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gold price on July 8, 2012

I really like this module but I encountered some problems with it in my template. Going into detail I discovered that a closing div tag was missing. When I added one line ( echo ”; ) to the end of the mod_social_widgets.php file the issue was resolved. Don’t know if this workaround will work for all module and template settings but I think this should be checked in a future version.

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Webs User on July 9, 2012

Let’s Bring Back the Widget Bank!!!

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j91 on July 9, 2012

I have a problem! I need the old design, because I can’t put text and photos together!!! I can’t work with this consecuence! I need old templates. Please, help me!

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    Irina on July 10, 2012

    @j91: Don’t hesitate to contact our support team if you need any assistance with your site.

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Crios on July 9, 2012

Please, how we can add also in applicaiton page like Blog or Memeber page?

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Lavi on July 10, 2012

I need to expand my site, coz it is nt working

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Samus D. on July 11, 2012

How are we EVER going to add site counters to our websites again? You CANNOT make Webs counters on ANY OTHER WEBSITE!!! PLEASE bring back the Widget Bank with the helpful site counter widget module!!!

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Faye W on July 11, 2012

Please don’t take away the Widget Bank, it’s getting really annoying for my Roleplays.

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nico on July 12, 2012

The widget bank was great.

Why don’t you make a revenu share
with widget owners.
I would love to add my chat widget to your bank.
Http://www.rumbletalk.com

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Cathy K on July 15, 2012

I agree that the widget bank was great! I loved being able to have the shoutbox for my role play sites. I can’t find them anywhere else because they were for webs.com! I can use the html mode, but I like having the option of clicking on the premade widgets! And there’s no more sidebar!!! :(

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daniel on July 15, 2012

Hello there.I have from 6 month a free site at webs.But i can t upgrate because is not possible to put ads in blog or photo galery.When wil be posible i upgrate .Escuse my english but i am from Europe

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chris hudson on July 18, 2012

i like the webs website i just need help finishing everything up maybe faq page would be better

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    Irina on July 19, 2012

    Chris, don’t hesitate to contact our support team if you have any questions and view knowledgebase of how-to articles.

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Christa Herzog on July 26, 2012

I agree that the widget bank was great! I loved being able to have the shoutbox for my role play sites. I can’t find them anywhere else because they were for webs.com!

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silver price on August 8, 2012

Those widget features are great but I LOVED the Webs Widget Bank because it featured great widgets for Webs sites. Plus all widgets on Widgetbox have a get widget button at the bottom. Why not keep the widget bank?

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Moonshadow on January 7, 2013

I love the new SiteBuilder, but the only problem is, I can’t add shoutboxes :( I have a lot of roleplaying sites and I think roleplaying would be easier and more fun if we still used shoutboxes. Can you please bring back shoutboxes?

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