Widgetbox Panel

Description

Widgetbox (widgetbox.com) offers a very nice way to manage several widgets and embed them into your own pages.

Here is how it works:

• you should create a Widgetbox account and create a new panel
• configure your panel and add widgets you want to it (you should subscribe and configure these widgets first
• install your whole panel — just copy the generated code and paste into your Wikidot page within the [[embed]] … [[/embed]] tags.

There is a nice overview at their website here.

The panels can be both horizontal or vertical (ideal for inclusion in your nav:side).

Code

Embed your own generated code, here is just an example how it should look like (choose "Other" when asked which site to use):

[[embed]]
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=eae283bb-c474-4a6f-90de-c405e4ca9a86"></script>
[[/embed]]

In action

The cool thing is that you can configure and manage your panels directly at Widgetbox.com.

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Comments

It appears that widget box has changed things.

Phil Chett 1189702296|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I've been experiancing problems with embedding widgetbox widgets.
According to the doc i should choose "other" when asked which site to use.

This appears to have changed. As that option appears to no longer been available.

As a work round, use the "get panel code" option.
This will give you something like this:-

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/
InsertPanel.js?panelId=d15a1d7b-4933-4da8-b010-04375907922f"></script>
<noscript>Get great free widgets at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" 
border="0" width="0" height="0" src="http://runtime.widgetbox.com/syndication/
track/d15a1d7b-4933-4da8-b010-04375907922f.gif" />

Strip this down to

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=d15a1d7b-4933-4da8-b010-04375907922f"></script>

Then insert that striped down code into the embed tags. ie:-

[[embed]]
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=d15a1d7b-4933-4da8-b010-04375907922f"></script>
[[/embed]]

which should then give you

last edited on 1189702474|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by Phil Chett + show more

Problem with my shelfari widget

Jayz_wikiz 1191468238|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Hi,

Having problems with my shelfari books widget. javascript
<div id="ShelfariWidget11027"><a href='http://www.shelfari.com/'>Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog</a><script src="http://www.shelfari.com/ws/11027/widget.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script></div>

changed it to

Sorry, no match for the embedded content.

Not working. Any clue what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

Problem with my shelfari widget

Jayz_wikiz 1191468377|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Hi,

Having problems with my shelfari books widget. javascript
<div id="ShelfariWidget11027"><a href='http://www.shelfari.com/'>Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog</a><script src="http://www.shelfari.com/ws/11027/widget.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script></div>

changed it to

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.shelfari.com/ws/11027/widget.js"></script>
between the embed tags.

Not working. Any clue what I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

Re: Problem with my shelfari widget

gerdami 1193839098|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

You did not follow the instructions of the widgetbox-panel page.

[[embed]]
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=52deb5a1-0ade-422e-8b71-a35c00c3e062"></script>
[[/embed]]

last edited on 1193842804|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by gerdami + show more

Re: Problem with my shelfari widget

ParentLink 1201876272|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Oops, it works now. Thanks.

last edited on 1201876445|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by ParentLink + show more