If you are a Shelfari user and if you blog at wordpress.com, you are gonna love this post!
Note: Although search results for Shelfari in wordpress.com forums keep on telling us that adding a Shelfari widget in a wodpress.com blog is practically impossible because of code restrictions (unless you upload a lame screenshot), it is very possible to add an attractive and interactive Shelfari widget in a wordpress.com blog!
This post assumes that you already know how to use Shelfari.
See some variations of my Shelfari widget below:
Widget style: Grid of books
Option: small
Widget style: Grid of books
Option: Large
Widget style: Vertical Layout
Option: Small
Widget style: Horizontal Layout
Option: Custom
Choosing the appropriate Shelfari widget type for wordpress.com
Of all the available options, choose Flash.
Embedding Shelfari’s Flash widget in a wordpress.com blog
After you have created your Shelfari widget, copy the Shelfari widget code they give you.
Paste the code where you want the Shelfari widget.
The code you have pasted won’t work in wordpress.com blogs right away. You need to modify the code so that the Flash embed works for wordpress.com.
To learn how to modify your Shelfari’s Flash widget, please read this post:
How to have Flash embeds in a wordpress.com blog
Bonus tip:
Smaller Shelfari widgets look great in the side bar area and footer, while the larger ones are appropriate in posts and pages.
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