The Patch Widget: You Know You Want One

The Patch Widget has arrived.

What's a widget, you may ask? It's a very cool new feature that allows you to stream news from Patch on your website or blog. 

By embedding a Patch widget on your website, you’ll be able to quickly and easily add fresh, local content to your site. It's also customizable by topic, so if you just want sports, you can limit to sports, or if you just want school news, you’ll get just school news.

Why would you want one? Here’s what the experts say: "Depending on what it does, a widget can add awesome functionality or content to your site, with you barely lifting a finger to get it. For example, our first Patch widget is a cool local news feed. So if you have a local business, government or school website, or maybe a local blog, the Patch News Widget can be an easy source of local content for your site!"

Adding a widget to your website or blog is simple. Again, the experts: “A widget is a self-contained piece of HTML code that you can embed into your site to add a cool new feature. All you have to do is paste the code into your website."

Just scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on "Widgets" for directions on how to insert the news feed. Or click here.