Thursday, March 21, 2013

Gauging Gadgets and Widgets

Gadgets are nifty little apps that are wonderful little tools that you can add to your blog. Now, mind you, they may look like a widget, act like a widget but they are not a widget.
WHAT?? You may ask. A gadgets are owned. So the gadgets I have added to this site belong to Blogger such as on the left of the screen you see Blog Archive, About Me and at the very bottom of the page you see a list of Popular Posts. I also added a Google News gadget from Google Gadgets: http://goo.gl/egQQB.
Okay, so you see some other stuff floating around on my page such as: The share links (http://goo.gl/Zu7y2to the right, the back to top button (http://goo.gl/vB5Inthat appears when you scroll down the page, as well as the Twitter feed (http://goo.gl/nuGuBon the bottom left of the page - what about those things and how do you add them? These are widgets provided for free by third party developers and thankfully Blogger provides a gadget where you can add your own HTML/Javascript to a sidebar or near the footer of your page (all depending on the layout you have chosen). The third party developers provide the HTML/JavaScript that we can copy and paste into Bloggers HTML/JavaScript gadget to allow the widget to function.
Please note: I did go into the different widget codes to modify the way these guys look and how they are positioned on my blog page which you do not necessarily have to do.
Go out there and have fun with them. (Don't add too many, you don't want to clutter your page).

Bogleheads - a Wiki at work.


Do you want to know about all things Vanguard - well here is you source if you can't find it at Vanguards homepage. This wiki helps answer all possible question regarding investing. It's based on philosophy's by Vanguard's founder Jack Bogle.
So if you would like to learn more about investing, check out this wiki: http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_Page

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So What about Tania Rae?

An Introduction

I love to create anything from photography, painting, to all things Web: Design | Development | Multimedia | Social Media. My tools of choice are a Nikon D5000, acrylic paints and my Adobe Master Collection.


Some of my Favorite Websites:

This site seems very simplistic at first site. As you delve in, it has a wonderful UI with amazing graphics.
Check it out: Yuna
This site has a very vibrant home page that is does not look simplistic, but actually is. There are two navigational choices: blogs or about. I love reading his blogs - they are very creative.
Check out the site at: Acko.net

Here's another example of don't let the simplisity fool you. As a user you have some navigational choices: 1) you can hover over various areas of the image to see your options, or 2) you can hover over his logo at the top left corner of the site that reveals a hidden nav bar. I love it! 
Find him at: Alex Buga