Step 5: FAQs about widgets

 Commonly or frequently Asked  Widget Questions 
  Here are some answers to questions the Edublogs support team are frequently Asked about:
1. I am trying to remove a widget and I can not find it listed in my sidebar in Appearance > Widgets. How do I remove it?
 The most common reason why you may have trouble removing a widget, or see two of the same widget on a blog, is some themes hard code widgets into their sidebar. Hard coded widgets can not be removed. NotePad Chaos is an example of a theme with hard coded widgets. Pages, Categories, Links, and a what is the place are all coded in the theme.
2. Why do not the categories I set up in Posts > Category display in my Category widget?
 Categories and tags on posts are used to help us(readers) locate information in different ways. When your readers click on a categories link on a post or in your sidebar, it loads a page with all posts that use that category. Categories will not display in your category widget until the category has been assigned to a published post.
3. Why are some tags in my tag cloud widget larger than others?
 When your readers click on a tag link on a post or in your sidebar it loads a page with all posts that use that tag. The larger the size of the word in the tag cloud, the more published posts that have been tagged using that term. The Tag Cloud widget displays a list of your top 45 tags that you have assigned to published posts.
4. Why does not my calendar widget show the correct date?
 The Calendar widget creates a calendar in your sidebar with clickable links to your blog posts for particular dates. Dates that appear in bold type indicate dates you have posted. It does not let you set up a calendar of events. It’s only used is to display links to your posts by date. If you want an Events Calendar we recommend you add a Google Calendar to your sidebar or embed it into a page.
 Alternatively, if you want to add a simple calendar you use this monthly Calendar.
Your Task 
 We would like you to add your voice and ideas to our ongoing conversation about student blogging by completing the following:
1. Check out the Widget Demo blog and try adding some of the widgets from the Widget Demo blog to your class blog. Leave a comment to tell us which of the widgets on the Demo blog would you use on your class blog and why.
2.  Read through the most recent comments in reply to this step and leave a response to another person’s comment. This is really a great challenge for me, in my opinion the most important post is
according to the tag cloud, because it is a fun  visual representation to see the flags of different countries and for students to motivate in learning more about the flags and places of our visitors.