‘My iTunes’ Widgets For Blogs

Now you can advertise for Apple with nearly no benefit to yourself! Whoo-hoo!

Actually, I’m sure some folks will find the ‘My iTunes” widgets appealing — they enable others to peer into your iTunes buying habits and link to the albums and artists you tend to check out the most. (This, of course, would be hideously embarrassing to me, what with my penchant for show tunes and karoake tracks.) The widget uses flash and can be added to your standard issue blog sidebar.

Here’s how to make it happen:

1. Open iTunes (the application.)
2. Visit the iTunes Store and sign into your account (click your name at the top-right).
3. Locate the Enable My iTunes and click it.
4. Approve the legal mumbo-jumbo.
5. Choose the feeds you want to use.
6. Click Get HTML for the feed you’re enabling.
7. Now, in the browser window that appears, choose the size and style for your widget.
8. Click Copy Code. That places the code on your clipboard.
9. Switch to the admin interface for your blog and paste the code into your blog’s temlpate. For instance, in WordPress, you can use a Text Widget to add the code to your sidebar.
10. Save changes to your template and then launch your blog in a browser window to see the exciting new addition.

Congrats! You’re now referring readers to Apple for purchases without making a dime yourself!