Adding widgets to your sidebar simply involves dragging, dropping, and then configuring them to display the way you want.

To Add Widgets

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the widget you want into the Sidebar Widgets section, and then click OK.
4. The sidebar displays your widget.

If you no longer want a widget to display in your sidebar, you can easily remove it.

To Remove Widgets

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. Go to the Sidebar Widgets section, and next to the widget to want to delete, click Delete.
4. Your widget deletes from the sidebar.

Once you add widgets to you sidebar, you can easily change the order in which they display.

To Reorder Widgets

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Sidebar Widgets section, go to the widget you want to reorder, and then click Move Up or Move Down until it displays in the place you want. You can also drag and drop it to the place you want.

You can add the Featured Items widget to your sidebar to display products you designate as Featured Items.

To Set Up the Featured Items Widget

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the Featured Items widget into the Sidebar Widgets section.
4. Next to the Featured Items widget, click Modify Widget Settings. The Edit screen displays.
5. In the Title field, enter a name for the widget you want to display to your customers.
6. From the Number of products to display menu, select which products you want to display.
7. Click OK.
8. From the Design: Sidebar screen, click OK. The Featured Items widget is set up.

You must re-publish your online store for your widget to display live on the Internet. For more information, see Publishing Your Quick Shopping Cart. You should preview your changes before publishing.

You can add the Our Products widget to your sidebar to display product names, without the full product pages, associated with categories you select.

To Set Up the Our Products Widget

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the Our Products widget into the Sidebar Widgets section.
4. Next to the Our Products widget, click Modify Widget Settings. The Edit screen displays.
5. In the Title field, enter a name you want to display to your customers.
6. From the Number of category levels to display menu, select the number of category levels you want to display.
7. Click OK.
8. From the Design: Sidebar screen, click OK. The Our Products widget is set up.

You must re-publish your online store for your widget to display live on the Internet. For more information, see Publishing Your Quick Shopping Cart. You should preview your changes before publishing.

You can add the Custom HTML widget to your sidebar to display content you create using HTML scripting. With the HTML widget, you can enter your own HTML or you can use a basic word processor that converts your content into HTML.

Note: The available space in your sidebar is limited. As you add HTML, preview your changes to make sure content displays properly.

To Set Up the Custom HTML Widget

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the Custom HTML Widget widget into the Sidebar Widgets section.
4. Next to the Custom HTML widget, click Modify Widget Settings. The Edit screen displays.
5. In the Title field, enter a name you want to display to your customers.
6. Enter content using the word-processor, or click Switch to Standard Editor, and then enter HTML content.
7. Click OK.
8. From the Design: Sidebar screen, click OK. The Custom HTML widget is set up.

You must re-publish your online store for your widget to display live on the Internet. For more information, see Publishing Your Quick Shopping Cart. You should preview your changes before publishing.

You can add the Quick Search widget to your sidebar to let customers quickly search your online store.

To Set Up the Quick Search Widget

1. Log in to your HostingDude Account LOGIN.
2. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
3. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the Quick Search Widget widget into the Sidebar Widgets section.
4. Next to the Quick Search widget, click Modify Widget Settings. The Edit screen displays.
5. In the Title field, enter a name you want to display to your customers.
6. To display the widget, select Show Quick Search.
7. To let customers use manufacturers as a search value, select Allow Search by Manufacturer.
8. To display the option for customers to add search results to their carts, select Show Add To Cart on search results page.
9. From the Results sorted by menu, select a value.
10. Click OK.
11. From the Design: Sidebar screen, click OK. The Quick Search widget is set up.

You must re-publish your online store for your widget to display live on the Internet. For more information, see Publishing Your Quick Shopping Cart. It's recommended you preview your changes before publishing.

You can add the Shopping Cart widget to your sidebar to display items customers add to their carts, quantities and order totals.

To Set Up the Shopping Cart Widget

1. Log in to your Account Manager.
2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Launch next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
4. From the Set Up menu, go to the Design section, and then select Sidebar.
5. From the Unused Widgets section, drag the Shopping Cart Widget widget into the Sidebar Widgets section.
6. Next to the Shopping Cart widget, click Modify Widget Settings. The Edit screen displays.
7. In the Title field, enter a name you want to display to your customers.
8. From the Displayed order information section, make a selection.
9. Click OK. The Shopping Cart widget is set up.

You must re-publish your online store for your widget to display live on the Internet. For more information, see Publishing Your Quick Shopping Cart. It's recommended you preview your changes before publishing.