Have you ever seen a WordPress blog that had those cool autoresponder sign-ups floating in the left or right sidebar?
How about a blog with rotating picture slideshows?
Have you ever wanted that for YOUR blog but were daunted by the technical knowledge you thought would be necessary to make it happen?
This is where the vast power of WordPress Widgets comes to your rescue.
Whether you are a professional web designer or someone who does it for a hobby you will want to make sure that you know the power that widgets have to make your job easier. The first thing that you will want to do is learn what a widget is if you do not already know. There are also other names that a widget is called so you will want to make sure that you know what those names are in order to know that they mean the same thing as a widget. By learning about what a widget is you will be able to figure out how they make a web designer’s job easier.
A widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed on an HTML based web page. This code is written to perform certain tasks that can make a web page more functional. An example is a widget that allows visitors to search for different content on a particular website.
