Google Gadgets
Description
Google now offers tons of gadgets one can embed into web pages. The directory of gadgets is available at:
http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open
Just find your gadget, click on Add this gadget to your webpage and Get the Code. Embed the code within the [[embed]] ... [[/embed]] tags on your page.
These are the same elements you can use in your Google Homepage at http://www.google.com/ig.
Code
Just an example gadget (a clock) here:
[[embed]]
<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/datetime.xml&up_color=red&synd=open&w=320&h=136&title=Date+%26+Time&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script>
[[/embed]]
In action
And a few more examples:
See HowTo: Add a custom Google search engine
And tons more!!!
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Comments
Has anybody tried picasa? I don't manage to make it work
testing :)
so how about picasa?
If you're looking for the most popular Google Gadgets already set up for you on a really funky site? Then check out Funky Homepage (http://www.funkyhomepage.com). It's comprised mainly of the most popular Google gadgets (as well as some great Gadgets from other sources), live news feeds (with your choice of news provider), daily Bushisms, daily jokes, horoscopes, videos, weather (up to 5 locations), interactive calendar, Google calendar viewer (for up to 5 Google calendars), comic strips and lots more besides. It also lets you choose your own search engine, colour scheme, etc.
The whole website is subdivided into tabs and sub-categories, like "News", "Tools" and "Fun Stuff". So you'll find some really useful Google gadgets like currency converters, unit converters, messengers, email tools, maps, etc. already set up for you under "Tools"; and fun stuff like games, videos, jokes, etc, already set up for you under "Fun Stuff". The "Start" tab is fully customisable and lets you choose your own news providers and gadgets from a drop down list of the most popular gadgets available. No more wading through millions of gadgets just to find the ones that work and that are of any use! No more having to create an account and sign in! Start using Funky Homepage and get started using the most popular feeds and gadgets right away. All your settings are remembered with no need to create an account.
It's free to use and you can check it out at http://www.funkyhomepage.com
Hello, I can't get the code to work! Even using the codes that appear on this page, I cannot get the Google widgets to load on my wiki. Meebo works just fine, so I'm not sure what the problem is! :( :( :(
-Abby
tsukechick,
Not sure if you'll see this, but I had the same problem. The thing I discovered is that these google gadgets don't appear in the "Preview" mode in a Wiki. You have to first do a "Save" and then you should see the gadget work on your Wiki.
Hope this helps…
Bob Strenger
I was planning a bike trip on google map and when I tried to copy the code I found out that is wasn't working.
If someone cracked the code before, I would be very greatful, here is the adress of the page Problem with map