Adding Gadgets in tumblr

Hack tumblr themes.

By ‘Hack’ I don’t mean an exhaustive modification of code, just a few additions so that, you get the ‘blogger’ experience.

I have noticed that it is not that easy to add a gadget or a widget onto your tumblr account.Here is a brief tutorial on how you can go about it.For example, Have a look at the left hand side bar of this page and you can notice 2 gadgets I have added.

One,the hit counter and another is the AdSanthe gadget which is a project which i worked on for the past 4 months. Know more here.

So, if you want to add gadgets like these, the following tutorial will help you.

Step one : Get the code

Identify what you want to add to your tumblr site. Lets take a hit counter for example, go to hit-counter.info, select the desired type and grab the code.So, whatever gadget you want to add, grab its code.

Step two : Customize

Dashboard -> your site -> Customize
If you are not familiar with HTML the easiest thing to do is
- Click on Info and in the description text box, paste the code that you copied( from hit counter eg.)
Go to step 4.
If you are familiar with HTML, you can easily choose where you want the gadget to be placed.
In the customize page, click on Theme -> Custom HTML
If you want to add the gadget onto the left hand sidebar, find the line where the code for sidebar ends(This is usually commented, so its easy to find it) and just paste the copied code snippet there.
Update
And you are done. This is a very brief tutorial and if you need more help feel free to mail/shout/rant.