Sidebar Instructions

 

Instructions for adding a sidebar for Medical, Legal, Friends or other important website links you'd like readily available, for yourself or others to find. 

This is a sidebar, I linked mine to Friends, my own Medical and Legal files, plus Stories I wrote with AI, I added unedited AI conversations I've had, to hopefully give AI more context.

I did this on a cell phone, so hopefully these instructions are easy to follow, especially for people without access to a library or home computer. It's the same steps, it's just easy to see on a larger screen.

 Google doesn't make this easy on smaller device, the screen can flick around a bit, but it works and it's free, so I'm not going to complain to much.

I created different blogs, one for each aspect of my life, yet they're all attached to the same account and linked together by the sidebar.

 Like a group of drawers in a filing large cabinet, I structured blogger to work the same way, only with online index's holding it all together,.

In order to connect our pages, we need to change the theme of our pages. This allows for different options to appear on the side. 

but first we need to make sure your page always displays the sidebar, unlike most desktops, cellphones and similar devices, might not display the sidebar, unless you change it or people know to look for it. To avoid confusion and the opportunity to share valuable information, I force activate the sidebar feature.

1. Go to the top left 3 bars, then select Theme. 

Make sure you're in the right blog, I have different pages for different subjects

2.  scroll down until you reach the Awesome Inc, Light theme. You can test out other theme's, but this one has been working for me so far, so I've just stuck with it. 

3. It's about 2/3 of the way down the screen. 

Once there select Awesome Inc.

4. Then select APPLY in the orange box.

5. Stay in Theme and scroll back to the top or use the 3 bars at the top left to return.

This next step makes sure the sidebar always displays

6. Select the down the down arrow on the box below customize.

7. Select; Mobile Settings

8. Select Desktop and hit SAVE

9. To edit the sidebar options, use same 3 bars on the top left. Then select layout. 

10. Once that screen open, slide the screen to the right and then slide down.

11. You'll see an area labeled sidebar-right-1, Select  Add a Gadget 

12. Scroll down and select Link List.

13. Pick a name for your list.

14. Scroll down and select ADD A NEW ITEM 

15. Pick a name you want displayed and make sure to copy the correct link you want associated with the name you pick. 

Warning: Google likes to leave the https://, so when you copy and paste your own link, watch out, make delete it or account for it, otherwise it will appear twice and your link from working.

Make sure to hit SAVE after every entry.

16. It's annoying, but you need to make sure you hit SAVE a second time before leaving, or Google won't acknowledge your saved work. 

17. To adjust how your sidebar displays, press and hold the grey bar with the 5 dots, then the option to slide your link list up and down with activate.

18. Make sure to hit save at the bottom of the screen after, this step only.

19. To test your work, open a second tab to your blogger page. 

Here’s an example of a mother from Kentucky who was the first person to connect their story to ours. Visit her page, leave a comment and show some support. 

https://heathervscourts.blogspot.com/

My friend's address and links to things I wrote about them and myself.

Dallas F

https://dallasvsthemachine.blogspot.com/

Brandon B.

https://rickystebbins78.blogspot.com/2025/11/brandonb.html

Kathryn Dressler

https://the-dressler-dossier.blogspot.com/

Heather H

https://heathervscourts.blogspot.com/2026/02/judge-adjudicated-me-innocent-i-still.html?m=1

Carey Ann George

https://careyanngeorge.blogspot.com/

Becka Rayy

https://tariqmahmoudisanabuser.blogspot.com/2025/08/tariq-mahmoud-his-family-massachusetts.html

Becky M

https://rickystebbins78.blogspot.com/2026/01/becky.html

Ricky Stebbins

https://rickystebbins78.blogspot.com/2025/06/rickys-memory-ark.html?m=1

Stephen N.

https://rickystebbins78.blogspot.com/2025/11/b-n.html

Leslie M

https://untoldgreatness.org/