Add a clock, weather or other widget

Live widgets for your page: your local time, the weather, a countdown, now playing, Discord status and a GitHub repository.

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At the end of this your page has a widget that keeps itself up to date. All of them are under Widgets when you choose Add a block in Build.

Clock

Your local time, ticking live, so people know when to reach you.

  1. Choose Clock.
  2. Pick your Time zone. Visitors see how far ahead or behind them it is.
  3. Add a Place, such as Leeds, and a Heading if you like.

Weather

The weather where you are, updated every half hour from MET Norway, the Norwegian weather service.

  1. Choose Weather.
  2. Type Your town or city, such as Leeds, UK, and click away. The preview shows the weather straight away.

Countdown

Days, hours, minutes and seconds to a date, ticking on your page.

  1. Choose Countdown.
  2. Fill in Counting down to, such as Tour starts in, and the Date and time.
  3. Fill in When it's over, say, such as It's here. Add a Link for a Find out more button.

For a release, a Countdown drop may suit you better: it counts down, then becomes the link on the day.

Now playing

What you're listening to right now, from Last.fm.

  1. Connect Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music to your Last.fm account, on Last.fm.
  2. Choose Now playing and type Your Last.fm username.

Discord status

Online, away or busy, what you're playing and a Join button. Your status is read through Lanyard, a free service.

  1. Join Lanyard's Discord server once, at discord.gg/lanyard.
  2. In Discord, turn on Developer Mode under Settings, Advanced. Then right click your name and choose Copy User ID.
  3. Choose Discord status and paste it into Your Discord user ID.
  4. Add a Server invite for a Join the server button, if you like.

GitHub repository

A public project with its stars, forks and language, kept up to date.

  1. Choose GitHub repository.
  2. Type the Repository as owner/name, or paste its github.com address.

If it doesn't work

  • Discord shows nothing. You need to be in Lanyard's server for your status to be read. Check the user ID is the long number, not your username.
  • Now playing is empty. Check Last.fm is recording your plays: open your Last.fm profile and look for your latest track.
  • GitHub can't find the repository. It has to be public.