Thursday, September 4th 2008

What better way to let your site visitors know your site is fresh and up to date than to add a weather widget? A weather widget is a mini application you can place on your website that lets your site visitors know the current weather conditions of any location you choose . For example you can show your site visitors current weather conditions at your location.

To add a weather widget to your site, follow these easy steps or watch the video here.

1. Go to yourminis.com and select the Weather Channel widget.

Go to YourMinis.com. You can find the weather channel widget by typing he word 'weather' into the search box on the right side of the YourMinis.com homepage. The weather channel widget should show up at the top result.

2. Customize your widget.

You can customize your weather widget to reflect the current weather conditions anywhere in the world by hovering your cursor over the widget and clicking on the small drop down arrow. You can also choose what color you would like your widget to appear or change the widget to show the five day forecast as opposed to the current conditons.

3. Copy and paste your widget code

Once you have finished customizing your widget, click on the 'Copy Me' button located just above the widget grid. You'll then need to click on the 'Plus' icon to get the code. Once you have the code choose the option to copy. This will copy the code to your clipboard. Navigate back to the page you want to add the widget to and click 'Insert' and then 'HTML Code'. Paste the code is the space provided and click 'OK'. You can now drag and drop your weather widget where you would like it to appear on your web page and save your changes.