Personalization of your Active Rain profile is easy to do with all the handy widgets available to bloggers these days.  One of the most popular (free) widgets is the My Blog Log.  Signing up for this bit of technology will allow you to see who is visiting your blog.  You will also be able to see which of your links are getting clicks and what blogs are sending you the most visitors.

If this is appealing to you keep reading!

First you must be a member of My Blog Log. Join here. (If you are a member already, follow these instructions skip to the Widget section.) Become a member, fill out your profile and upload your photo.  Once complete go to >My Home > Get Widgets > (see illustration below)

My Blog Log Widget

 Use the widget page to configure your widget to match your color scheme. Several style and sizes are offered by combining screen names (or not), full or half-size and number of rows.  You may also personalize the title to suit your theme.

NOTE: the graphic on the right shows your choices. Once satisfied click "Preview & Get Code".

Get Code

 

My Blog Log offers several formats for your Log Widget.  Here are some samples:

 Sample widgets

Open the next window, check your work. If you don't like what you built, just go back to the previous window and start over again.  Once satisfied cut and paste the code. (Highlight code "HOLD CTRL C" to paste it to the clipboard.  (Next illustration shows Code)

code

NOTE: the code trails off the window, be sure you scroll over to get the COMPLETE code.  It will begin with an opening bracket "<" sign and end with a closing bracket ">

Logon to Active Rain

 

 

With your code still pasted to your clipboard, open your Active Rain Home Page. 

In the upper left you will see "My Settings" click on it.

 code

 

 If you have filled out your profile, there will be words in the Description blog.  Place your cursor at the end of your text and "PASTE" the code.  Click "UPDATE."

Check your work

 Your Blog Log will take a few seconds to populate.  Done right it should look something like mine on the right column of this page.

Good luck with making your Active Rain Blog pretty!

If you would like more Unofficial Tech Support Tips visit my profile page.  At the bottom there are links to various tech topics for building your AR Blog.

If you want to be the first to know about future tips, subscribe to my blog.

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118 Comments on Unofficial Tech Support ~ Adding My Blog Log to your Active Rain Profile

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MAY
25
2007
5 Featured Posts
Kristal, EXCELLENT post!  Thanks so much for this bloglog and addition to my blog!!
7:10pm • #99
623,614 Points 121 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Ryan ~ certainly, I think we should compare notes! 

LInda ~ Good, I will have to visit your blog next!

David ~ Hope it works well for you, I'll visit you next (after Linda that is!)

kk 

11:08pm • #100
MAY
28
2007
2 Featured Posts
wow. you really provide easy to follow, relevant instructions. thanks again.
11:19am • #101
JUL
12
2007
Thanks Kristal - I am looking forward to adding this. I am new to blogging. You must have been a teacher at some point since you explained everything so well.
10:31pm • #102
SEP
07
2007
1,378,401 Points 7 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Howdy Kristal

Thank you for giving so must of your time to do these very fine and helpful bolgs your doing to help every one on Active Rain.

Have a good one

6:11pm • #103
SEP
22
2007
278,454 Points 6 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Kristal, I added this tonight I really appreciate you sharing this information.  Thank you!!!
10:34pm • #104
SEP
23
2007
157,290 Points 8 Featured Posts Hit Router
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I signed up for mybloglog but could not figure out how to get it to work with ActiveRain. Thanks again.
9:31pm • #105
SEP
25
2007
370,993 Points 18 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp
I am going to do my very soon as I saved this to my favorites. I have it as real estate has slowed to a crawl here in New Orleans.
10:20pm • #106
NOV
04
2007
215,324 Points 2 Featured Posts Hit Router Called Shot Master
WOW... K... I always wanted to do this on my profile... many thanks for sharing....
5:47am • #107
NOV
07
2007

Very clear and nice instructions.  Everything I have seen from you has been excellent.  You seem to really have a handle on this platform.

 Thanks,

 Todd

4:57pm • #108
1 Featured Post
Thanks for taking the time to cover this tool in detail. Your efforts are appreciated.
9:05pm • #109
NOV
11
2007
179,704 Points 9 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Kristal ~ I am so glad I found your blog!  I have been trying to figure this out for about 2 hours and with your instructions I had it up in 2 minutes!  Off to check out your other blogs.  Thanks!
6:09pm • #110
NOV
26
2007
FEB
09
2008
424,967 Points 39 Featured Posts Hit Router Called Shot Master
Kristal,  Your instructions worked! I've subscribed to your blog.  Thank you!  Wendy
5:22pm • #112
FEB
11
2008
600,655 Points 45 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Kristal - I've missed you lately on ActiveRain - glad to see that some of your old blogs are getting attention. Coming to Florida for anything this year? Take a side trip and come stay with us.
7:46pm • #113
623,614 Points 121 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Hi Sharon ~ Thanks for stopping by!  It is funny how some of the old blogs continue to provide helpful information.  Of course nowadays 113 comments can happen in an afternoon!  Remember when we got excited to have a course of 4 or 5 comments?  It really wasn't that long ago.

 I  don't have a plan for Florida yet.  I do want to take your course someday.  Maybe I'll catch up to you this year.  Thanks for the invite.

kk 

10:24pm • #114
APR
22
2008
199,483 Points 5 Featured Posts
Kristal, this is such a helpful post for AR members.  I wish I saw this when I was trying to figure out how to add the widget.  If I ever want to change it though, I know where to go!
10:49pm • #115
AUG
24
2008
SEP
14
2008

I found your blog entry on blog log very easy to follow. I had started to complete this with instructions on another blog but it was way over my head.  I was stuck trying to figure out where to paste the code and they couldn't answer me. Yours was quite clear.  Thanks for being so kind to help others.

10:58pm • #117
NOV
19
2011
136,420 Points 3 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

THANK YOU Kristal! I'm about a week old on ActiveRain and just getting started. It's great to get help from the #1 RainMaker in Colorado! I'm on the Western Slope in Grand Junction. I'm working hard and have moved up to #5 in my county. There's 5,514 of us in Colorado and I'm now at #572, so working hard is really helping. I just need to figure out WHEN to blog. Every time I do I disappear to page 3 of blogs in about 3 minutes and no one sees my blog, so no comments :( I'm gonna figure it out tho! Thanks Much!

6:55pm • #118

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