A Digg gadget to allow users to add the Digg-it button into their pages (specially the Announcements pages used as Blog, or similar). SummaryMost of the Gadgets available are actually part of the iGoogle interface, which does not quite fit to the Google Sites or even Google Pages purpose (who would want to add a "Gmail inbox view" gadget on their website?), for obvious reasons. However, due to the lack of functionalities on Google Sites, which will soon enough replace the Google Pages as well, I felt compelled to write this one, initially to add to my own pages, but then, why not just release to all? Of course, the Digg makes more sense with contents such as blogs and turtorials where you want some public interaction (hei, this may server as the comments section for now). So, I would suggest to place them into these kind of pages only (Digg is kind'a dirty enough of no added value pages). Adding the gadget to your pageFollow the steps so that you can apply them into your Google Sites pages, if applicable: Add new gadgetYou may find this option at: (Page in Edit mode) Insert > More... I am publishing this Gadget in a proper place, meanwhile, it is in my own website, at: Update: The gadget has been published at Google's Submit a Gadget site, but I don't know when it will become available (or if it ever will) on the search popup. Here is the link: (but, for reference purposes, I will keep my own too) You will have to add it manually, clicking at "Add by URL", as shown below:   Configure GadgetHere, basically you will need only to add the "Digg URL" of the page you want to display the Digg-it. Although by default, Google also lets you choose the gadget's width and height, you don't need to do that, unless it will fit other purposes on your page.The Digg URL page is the Digg page registered for your artcile or web page, as exemplified at: http://digg.com/tools/integrate where the information is content and your page title, respectively.  Click OK! And you're DONE!! The resultAnd here is one example of how it may look like. This page can be accessed at: Page Naming Conventions in Google Sites  MoreIf someone wants to adventure on Google Gadgets creation, feel free to improve the code I designed: ReferencesHere are some references that helped me to make this happen:
UpdatesHere follows the updates of this article, and/or any relevant info that may be linked or helpful to this. Gadget UrlAs promissed, I left it in the GModules domain, at: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/112838111412942265046/Gadgets_Digg-It.xml CollaborationThe user prac, after discussion in Google Groups, created a variation with more flexibility, such as direct URL input, background color and others. It is worth to check that out too. Thanks prac! Gadget location at: http://philippe.chappuis.googlepages.com/digg-it-code.xml Other sites with similar info: http://sites.google.com/site/gsunhelp/step-by-step-guides/buildinggadgetsforgooglesites Advertisement:
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Digg-It! - Gadget for Google Sitesposted Dec 2, 2008 5:31 PM by Bruno Braga [ updated Jan 11, 2009 9:50 PM ] |
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