How do I add blogring code to my blog?

A blogring is a group of blogs that all have organized links to each other. These rings usually link like-minded blogs together. For instance, there are state blogrings (e.g., Blog Oklahoma) , knitting blogrings, mommy blogrings (e.g., Crazy Hip Blog Mamas), etc. For more information, see the Wiki on webrings.

Every blogring has its own code that each participant puts on their blog sidebar. This code usually provides links to the other blogring users and the blogring home page. Copy your blogring’s code and follow the directions below for your platform.

Blogger

1. Log in to your Blogger dashboard.
2. Click on "Layout".
3. Click on the Template tab, then click on "Page Elements".
4. Click on "Add a Page Element".
5. Add the "HTML/Javascript" element by clicking the "Add to Blog" button under that choice.
6. Paste your blogring code into the blank content area. Providing a title is optional. More than likely your blogring code will have the title of the ring embedded in the code and it will show up after you save and publish. However, if you would like to name the element, type the title in the "Title" box.
7. Click "Save Changes".
8. Click the "Save" button on your Page Elements page.

Typepad

1. Login to your Typepad account.
2. Make a new Links Typelist.
3. Paste the blogring code into the "Notes" field. You can leave the "Title" and "URL" fields blank.
4. Click Save.
5. Click the "Configure" tab.
6. Under Display, choose "Show Notes as text".
7. Click Save Changes.
8. Click the "Publish" tab.
9. Choose which blog(s) where you want to publish this new Typelist.
10. Click Save Changes.
11. Republish your blog pages.

WordPress

(These instructions provided by Jordan at Momma Blogga.)

To put your blogrings in your sidebar:

1. Log in to WordPress.com and go to Presentation > Widgets.
2. From the Available Widgets, drag a Text widget into the Sidebar box (above).
3. Click on the small graphic beside Text 1 in the Sidebar (‘Configure‘).
4. A new box will appear.  In the small text box at the top, you can type a title for the field ("Blogrings").  In the larger box, paste your code.
5. Once you’ve entered the code, close the box, then click Save Changes.
6. NOTE: If this is the first time you’ve used widgets in your sidebar, it will replace everything that was already there.  You should use the Available Widgets if you’d like to re-add your Search, Pages, Archives, Categories, blogroll(s) (the ‘Links‘ widget) and Meta to your sidebar.

To put your blogrings on a page of your site:

1. Log in to WordPress.com and go to Write > Write Page.
2. Title the page ("Blogrings") and select the Code tab.
3. Paste your code into the text area and click Publish.
4. NOTE: If you have customized your sidebar with widgets, don’t forget to include a Pages widget so people can find your blogrings and other pages.

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