# 12 Add a Jaxcat Gadget


This one is just for fun. With all of the cool tools out there on the internet these days you can create gadgets and widgets for just about anything. Using the Google Gadget Application we've created a gadget that will put a JaxCat search box on your blog and your iGoogle page.

Discovery Excercise:

1. Print out these instructions, if you'd like.


2. Copy the code from this document completely. (You'll be pasting it later)


3. Log in to your Blogger account (in a new browser window, to keep these instructions handy).


4. On your blog dashboard, find the name of the blog you want to add the search box to and click on the word layout to the right of the blog name.


5. Click on Page Elements. (Look in the upper left part of the window)


6. In the page layout area, on the right-hand side, click on "add a page element".


7. In the pop up window scroll down, choose HTML/JavaScript, click "add to blog".


8. Paste the code you copied into the Content area of this pop-up window. This is what it should look like. No title is needed. (click image to see a bigger picture):
   


9. Click save to return to your page layout.


10. Save your blog template


11. Click View Blog at the top of your screen. You may have to refresh your page to see your JaxCat search box on your blog.


12. How else can a search box to our catalog be useful outside of our library's webpage? Blog about it! If you do, post a comment to this blog letting us know.

Your search box should look like this:


Add the JaxCat Gadget to your iGoogle page:

1. Log into your iGoogle page. You have one if you created a Google account when you created your blog.


2. Go to the JaxCat Search Gadget home page.


3. Click add it now.


4. Click Back to iGoogle home to see the gadget on your page.

From the JaxCat Search Gadget you can also customize the search box (including sixe and borders) for your blog or another web page. Click the "Embed this gadget" link and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.