A widget is anything that can be embedded within a page of HTML, i.e. a web page. A widget adds some content to that page that is not static. Generally widgets are third party originated, though they can be home made. Widgets are also known as modules, snippets, and plug-ins.
I have a widget that I have been using recently on the top of Comics Legends and Lore, just under my header. It is provided by a unique startup company, Entrecard. The idea is that you create a “business card” for your blog which you use to advertise on other blogs. It’s free and uses Entrecard credits as a currency, which you earn through a variety of activities.
Each day you will see the business card of a blog that I have chosen to advertise on Comics Legends and Lore. Click the card and you will be redirected to that blog. I try to choose quality blogs, ones that I have visited and enjoyed. Some may have themes and views similar to my own, some may be radical or extreme. Consider the link one teabag of a Celestial Seasonings sample pack. You may or may not like it, but it's only one! However, as there is often a delay of several days from approval to posting, I have no idea what may have been posted on the site for that day. It's a bit like mushrooms, you think they may be safe, but you could be turned into a frog!
As a young company Entrecard is experiencing some growing pains. Recently some Entrecard bloggers have been crying "foul" in the name of censorship. They even claim that their actions (bashing the founders of Entrecard) are being done to protect all bloggers from the clutches of the censors. I always distrust anyone who claims they are acting in my behalf, especially if I have not been consulted.
Entrecard members are a loose social network of bloggers. Some post personal diaries, some post child rearing tips, others rant against government, while others claim they can make you rich, or direct you to those hard to find "Internet coupons". The one common link is that they are trying to improve their blogs, generate traffic to their sites and maybe discover some interesting sites for their own enjoyment.
The group bashing the site reminds me of children or young adults acting out to gain attention. Behavior that may be tolerated in a college bar would not be tolerated in a family restaurant or a high ticket club. I may think that my 20 second belch, the result of many long nights of practice, has the same performance rights as the held note of an opera Diva or long cord of a jazz musician. The verbal belching and farting of these would be blogging martyrs is simply boorish behavior. I may admire the reporter willing to sit in jail rather than betray his or her sources. However I reserve the right to abhor their actions if they are protecting a child molester. For me, symbolism takes second place to the social good.
The thing for any future Entrecard member to realize is that freedom of expression exists. The individual blogs are not banned. You can enroll your site dedicated to bathroom humor as easily as your neighbor can enroll their site dedicated to long, tall, fishing tales. However, crude behavior in the forums is a no-no."
So I practice my belching in the privacy of my own home, or at the backyard barbeque with appreciative friends (whose wives have left to admire the gardens). I behave myself in restaurants, because I value my right to eat the owner's great food more than my freedom to sing my song. If you are a blogger check out Entrecard. Click my widget and sign up. Just be forewarned. You will be expected to behave like a reasonably responsible adult!
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