Sophia - Sidebar Widgets

The instructions below will help you configure some sidebar widgets. The sidebar is the small column on the right of your posts.

Profile

Go to Layout > scroll down to "Sidebar Column" > open the Image widget from the top (titled "Sophia Mills").

  • Title - you can replace "Sophia Mills" with your own title
  • Text - add your text to the "Caption" field
  • Image - check "Upload image from computer" below Select image by: and upload an image

Social Icons

Go to Layout > scroll down to "Sidebar Column" > open the "Social Icons" widget. Replace LINK with the links to your social media accounts. Add https:// otherwise the links will be broken.

  • Correct link: https://instagram.com/novemberdahlia
  • Incorrect link: instagram.com/novemberdahlia

If you want to add more social icons, follow the instructions here.

<div class="social-icons">
<a href="LINK" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-pinterest"></i></a>
<a href="LINK" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-instagram"></i></a>
<a href="LINK" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-tiktok"></i></a>
<a href="LINK" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-youtube"></i></a>
</div>

Newsletter

Click here for instructions on how to connect MailChimp to the subscribe form.

Featured Post

To select a featured post, go to Layout > scroll down to "Sidebar Column" > open the "Featured Post" widget > select one of your posts.

Categories (Labels)

If you want to display specific labels in the "Categories" widget, go to Layout > scroll down to "Sidebar Column" > open the "Categories" widget > check "Selected Labels" > uncheck the labels you don't want to display in the widget.

Keep in mind that labels will only appear in the widget if they have been used in at least one published post.

Popular Posts (Most Loved)

The popular posts widget ("Most Loved") is already configured to display the most popular posts (posts with the most views) from the last 30 days. If you want to change that to 7 days, all time or last year, go to Layout > scroll down to "Sidebar Column" > open the "What's Hot Today" widget.

Search Form

The search form is already added, but here's the HTML if you need it:

<form action="/search" class="search-form" method="get">
<input class="search-input" name="q" placeholder="Search" type='text' value=""/>
<button class="search-submit" type="submit" value="Search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
</form>

Archives

The archive widget is already setup. If you want to remove it, don't delete it. Open the widget and uncheck "Show this widget" from the top. This widget is from Blogger's previous version, so if you remove it and add it again, it wont look the same.