How to create a customizable Tag Cloud for wordpress.com blogs (non-geek version!)

CREATE your Tag Cloud for your wordpress.com blog and customize it almost instantly. No special skill is required. But you do need Firefox.

In order to have a customizable Tag Cloud, your first job is to complete all the first ten steps as explained in my previous post.

Now while you are still in MS Word customize the hierarchy and or colour of the tags as you please.

Here are some examples. Feel free to feel inspired by these or think up something on your own! I haven’t explored with different fonts. You might try different fonts if you like. But it is not advisable to change the font size, if you want to retain the relationship among the tags. Also you might want to edit out some tags if you are looking for a concise look and create a Top Tgas/Top Categories page instead!

Example no. 1
This is the default Tag Cloud as it appears without any change. How it will look in your blog depends on the theme of your blog.

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Example no. 2
Default Tag Cloud with added colour

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Example no. 3
Default Tag Cloud with added colour gradation

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Example no. 4
Hierarchical method

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Example no. 5
Hierarchical method with added colour

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Example no. 6
Hierarchical method with added colour gradation

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Done picking a suitable style? Good, now please finish the steps 11 to 16 as stated in my previous post.

Enjoy your shiny new Tag Cloud in all its customized glory!

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As mentioned in my previous post, this will work for Category Cloud also, please read that post for more information.

The default Tag Cloud widget does not allow you to customize the tags in any way. If you want to customize the look of your Tag Cloud in the side bar, simply paste the Tag Cloud created in the process mentioned in this post and paste the code in a text widget. Don’t forget to save changes!

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