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The Side Block window opens from the Add and Edit commands in the Blog | Side Blocks window, and you can start defining the blocks, that contain useful tools for visitors, in the column on the right of every page in the blog.

This window has the following sections:

General
Style
Click to expand/collapseReference: Commands in the General section

Use the commands in this section to create the list of blocks that complete your blog page.

There are different kinds of blocks to choose from:

Recent Posts: This block displays all the recent posts that have been published in the blog. A visitor clicks on a title to go to the post.

Categories: This block contains a list of the categories in which you have organized your posts. A visitor clicks on a category to display the list of posts in it.

Monthly Posts: This block contains the list of posts that have been published each month.

Author: This is the block in which all the Posts' Authors are listed. By clicking on an Author, you can see all the Articles they've published in the Blog.

Clouds: This block contains the list of categories or tags associated with the published posts. The names of the categories and tags are written in different font sizes, depending on how many posts are associated with them: the bigger the font, the more posts there are. A visitor clicks on a category or tag to see the list of posts associated with it.

Blogroll: This block displays the list of websites or blogs that you think may be of interest to your visitors.

Image: This block displays an image to which you can add a link. It can be used to create a banner, for example.

Facebook: This block uses Facebook's "Like" plug-in. Visitors can:

see how many people and/or their friends like the proposed Facebook page;
read the posts published recently on the proposed Facebook page;
say they like the proposed Facebook page without actually having to visit it.

Google AdSense Adverts: This block is for displaying adverts that are part of the Google AdSense™ circuit.

HTML Code: This block is free for you to customize as you like. You can add any feature that the Program does not add automatically.

For each Block, you can define a Title to be associated with and work with some specific options.

Recent Posts / Categories / Monthly Posts / Author:

Max Items Number: you can specify the maximum number of items that can be displayed in the block.

Clouds:

Show Categories in a Cloud / Show Tags in a Cloud: you can specify whether the Clouds block shows the categories or the tags for the posts that have already been published.

Blogroll:

Blogroll List: you can compile the list of friendly websites with these commands:
Add / Remove: to add a new friendly website, or delete the selected one.
Move up / Move down: you can change the order of the list, moving the selected item up or down to a different position.
Edit: you can edit the selected item. You can also click twice on an item to edit it.

To enter a friendly website correctly, write the name of the website followed by its URL between the < > characters (for example "WebSite X5 <http://www.websitex5.com>"): the text will be displayed as the friendly website  source and the URL will be used to create a link to it.

Image:

Image File: indicates the image file (.JPG, .GIF, .PNG.) for the picture to use as the background. You can search the image among the locally stored files (by clicking on the Local File button) or from the files made available with the two online libraries ( Online Library).
Link: Add a link to the image. Clicking on the button calls up the Link window, through which you can choose the type of action as well as related options.

Facebook:

Facebook URL: you can specify the URL of the Facebook page you want to propose.
Color: you can give the block a light or dark background.
Height: you can set the block's height in pixels.
Show Connections: select this option if you want friends' profile photos to be displayed (these are links to their Facebook page).
Show Stream: select this option to display the latest Posts published on the wall of the proposed Facebook page in the block.
Show FaceBook Header: select this option to display a Facebook header in the block.

Google AdSense Adverts:

Google AdSense HTML Code: copy the HTML code from Google AdSense™ to display adverts in this block.

HTML Code:

HTML Code: write or copy HTML code to create your own contents in this block.