I have just added a “quick tips” section to the sidebar of Debt-free Scholar. Located directly under the “Sponsors” section, the “Bite-Sized College Tips” widget rotates through a variety of interesting tips explaining how to save money or time in college. Under each tip is a link to the post for more information about that particular tip. Every ten seconds, a new tip is shown. Here is a screenshot of the tips section:
How Does It Work?
Currently, the widget rotates through a total of 19 tips. Every 10 seconds a new, random tip is shown. As time goes on, I plan to keep the tips fresh by adding new tips (about 3 a week) and removing the oldest tips regularly.
What are the Tips Like?
Here are three example tips:
Study for the SAT using the Free Kaplan Quiz Bank. They have over 1,700 SAT questions!
– ’6 Free Resources for the SAT’
Study better by keeping your desk organized. People concentrate better in an orderly environment.
– ’5 Ways to Waste Study Time’
Save a $100 or more by using OpenOffice.org instead of an expensive office suite.
– ’9 Essential Free Programs For College’
What Do You Think?
I am very interested in hearing what you think about the new section. Please write your thoughts in the comments.
Related Posts...
I love this feature! It’s already led me to check out one of your earlier posts.
As a new blogger, I’ve worried about some of my quality earlier posts getting buried in the archives. This is an ideal way to keep bringing them to the surface. It’s also a good test for me to be able to summarize the essence of a post in one sentence. If I can’t do that, maybe I ought to rethink the clarity of the post.
Nice feature! It adds to your site!
Vicki
@ Vicki
Thanks for your feedback! In case you are interested in using it on your own blog, the plugin that I used to make the “Bite-Sized College Tips” section is called the Quote Rotator. You can download it directly from the plugin search area on your dashboard or from the plugin’s website: http://www.lukehowell.com/quote-rotator/
Thanks,
Nate
Excellent feature Nate especially for those of us in a hurry!
I like the fact that each tip comes with a link for more information. Now do share how to add this rotating feature to a blog. My quotes do not rotate and I would love to add that feature…
Thanks again for being such a helpful blogger on the 31day challenge too!
Cheers,
Elizabeth
Okay, I just saw you gave Vicki the widget info above…. You’re the best.
Thanks again Nate!