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2006-10-07T07:41:00.000-05:00

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Widgets Lab

Springbox RSS widget

2006-10-05T19:48:00.000-05:00

springbox.com offers a widget engine and they claim it works on the desktop as well as the blog/site.

i've seen it and it looks attractive, especially if you have a dark theme for your blog. it seems as though you will be able to skin it at a later date. right now access is limited to the default skin. (as far as i can tell)

for the blog/site, every widget is an embeddable flash object with some standard customizations you need to make before you copy the script for your blog.

i don't have plans to download the widget engine for the desktop, as i have no interest in desktop widgets at this point. widgets need "more". they need to be more than a fancy distraction from what i love (wandering the swamp)

if, by some offhand chance the program on my machine would allow me to control the widget on my blog (no log in b.s.) then i will consider using it.

but for right now...it's a nice looking, attractive addition to any blog.

springbox (main)
springbox (blog widgets)
live on the edge (download)(win2000/xp only!)

How do I put RSS on my blog?

2006-10-05T19:46:00.000-05:00

RSS/Feeds are all the rage. They have been for awhile. You have decided to put an RSS widget on your blog. You want all of your readers to see what interests you. This is fun!
Until you run into the field that asks you for the "feed URL" Where are you going to find the "feed URL" ? It's not likely to be prominently displayed on the home page of your favorite blog. You will probably find buttons that say "subscribe to my feed" or "RSS" or any number of other things. But this still doesn't help you find the "feed URL" you need for your RSS widget.

There are ways to get the "feed URL"
1. email the webmaster for it (could take days).
2. click on the subscribe/RSS button and hope that the "feedURL" appears in your address bar.
3. download and use a "Feed Reader" then figure out how to add a "feed" then search for the "feed URL"
4. If you are using Firefox browser or a browser with similar RSS capabilities. Firefox lets you know if the blog/site you are currently at, has a feed. There is a small RSS button in the address bar. If you click on this it will ask if you want to" add this feed or some such" and it will ask you where (in Bookmarks) click ok. Now go to this "feed bookmark" right click on it and view the properties. There you will see the "feed URL" right click on the URL, then select all, right click on it again and select copy. Now go to your RSS widget and paste the "feed URL" into the field.
done.

Now you just need add the code to your blogs html.

RSS widgets
Google Reader
Grazr
feedroll
spring box
neomyz
feedo

Feed Readers
Google Reader
Great news
Blog Bridge
search for feed readers

Maps and Weather

2006-10-05T17:31:00.000-05:00

accuweather badge

Yelp.com-Biz ratings on a map

weather bonk widget

Cluster maps

Wayfaring maps

Wikimapia your blog

Put a Weather Sticker on your blog

Miscelaneous widgets

2006-10-05T14:12:00.000-05:00

PopUp Politicians

ODEO

TheSpringBox

Get A BumpBox!

Eventful.com--your events on your site

Amber Alert--ticker

Bitty Browser!(fits on your page!)

Meetup: local events widget

del.icio.us linkrolls

edgeio.com--FREE classifieds widget

Horoscope widget

Upcoming.org-post events on blog

Create a Timeline for your blog

Clocklink.com Cool clocks Free

Chat widgets

2006-10-05T14:11:00.000-05:00

Gabbly chat on blog

Tag-Board chat

GeeSee chat NOT YET OPEN

How to install and use meebo

What is Spinchat?

Humor widgets

2006-10-05T14:09:00.000-05:00

Andertoon on your blog

bLaugh toons for blogs

gapingvoid toon

Joke-a-day box for your sidebar and more

Poll widgets

2006-10-05T14:08:00.000-05:00

Vizu.com Polls *FEATURED*

Freepolls.com

Webpoll central

Neomyz Polls

Pollmonkey--Paid

Go2Poll.com--FREE

Photo badges

2006-10-05T14:06:00.000-05:00

PhotoBucket.com--Photo badges

Flickr Badge

faces--photo badges with mp3

Slide.com--photo badges

Socialize 2.0

2006-10-05T13:40:00.000-05:00

Piczo.com--picture sharing blog

faces.com--music, photo, blog etc...

AnswerBag--Social answers

Join Twitter

web based chat 4 biz

Last.fm--music social

digg.com

talkdigger.com--search+find+join

squirl--talk about what you collect

Zebo--Brag about your stuff

Blog tools

2006-10-05T13:38:00.000-05:00

Synthasite.com--Click-and-Drag site builder(closed BETA)

Centricle-Show HTML in Posts

Generate things for your blog

Sign changer(you'll see)

Logo Generator

Make your own Ad banners

tools for everyday

2006-10-05T13:28:00.001-05:00

Ning--what is it?

eventful.com

Writely (word proc)

Zoho Writer - Online Word Processor

Converticon (Icon conversion ICO to PNG)

Weather underground.com

Google Calendar

Kiko--online calendar

gliffy.com--diagrams

Video hosting sites

2006-10-05T13:11:00.000-05:00

Revver.com--earn cash

motionbox

Metacafe--video sharing w/ embed

blip.tv--

dailymotion.com

Vsocial.com

hellodeo.com

stickam.com

fliqz.com

PiXPO-no upload-share from home

clipshack videos

Google Video

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself

vmix.com

DropShots.com

Grouper

Revver.com--earn cash

Photo hosting sites

2006-10-05T13:08:00.000-05:00

Faces.com photos and music

Slide.com--a better photo badge

BubbleShare blog widget

Flickr.com has blog widgets

ImageShack®

Photobucket has widgets

Zorpia--Photo-Journal-Socialize

Photoblog.com

Free file hosting

2006-10-05T13:07:00.000-05:00

eggdisk.com 6 gig FREE hosting

File Lodge 500 mb Free

File Den 500 mb Free

flipdrive.com

drivehq.com-1GB FREE

Grazr--Another RSS box? Maybe not!

2006-10-05T06:02:00.000-05:00

Grazer.com offers a fully customizable RSS box/reader widget for your blog.

Typical RSS box/readers contain just a list of feeds that you want to display. They mah include some ammount of the post text and a link to the post. Boring!

Grazr, has them beat! Grazr, offers multiple panes to view feed titles, post titles and the post text. There is also an option to expand the window for easier reading. This helps to keep the visitor/reader on your site. We all know how important that is!

Grazr list

Javascript
custom sizing options
Slider, Outline and 3 pane display options
text configurations (font and size)
No color choices
detailed install instructions for popular blog tools
Multiple feeds (ability to display more than one feed)
no registration required
Detailed, easy to use set up

I would say that Grazr puts most other RSS box/readers to shame. However one feature I would really like to see, would be... tie Grazr in with an actual feed reader and allow control of the widget from the feed reader interface.

The mess you see here

2006-10-04T22:25:00.000-05:00

Sorry about the mess. I'm trying to consolidate the mass of links to make things a bit easier to navigate. Please bear with me for the next few days.
Derek

News Headlines widgets

2006-10-04T22:04:00.000-05:00

BBC Headlines box

Reuters Headlines box

Generic Java News ticker

Send2Press Headlines--w/how-to

Unknown News ticker

mp3 for your blog

2006-10-04T21:58:00.000-05:00

Last FM--not mp3 player

faces--mp3/photo widget

streampad-- your tunes anywhere

Opus Music Players

Tunefeed--your playlist-your blog

Your mp3 player

BBC music cube (very beta)

Comments and Tracking

2006-10-04T21:54:00.000-05:00

fast online users--FREE counter

Apollofind.com--FREE counter

Alexa--site widgets

mybloglog--Site tracking Widget

HaloScan--Commenting and Trackback

WhoLinksToMe.com

StatCounter.com - Free Web Counter

Track Backr

Backlinkr.com--Who links to your blog?

Blog buttons

2006-10-04T21:51:00.000-05:00

"Digg This" button

Favorite Thingz blog badge

Cool Text-Logos, Buttons and more

Create your own RSS Buttons Free

i Feed Reader--RSS Buttons

RSS Widgets

2006-10-04T21:40:00.000-05:00

Google Reader with "clips"

http://grazr.com/

Technorati favorites widget

TheSpringBox--RSS headline widget

Feedroll RSS/feed ticker

Neomyz RSS ticker

P3k.org RSS ticker

Feedo Style--RSS ticker

Why Burn?--Some reasons to use FeedBurner

Search widgets

2006-10-04T21:32:00.000-05:00

FreeFind-- site search widget

listible--list widget

Apollofind search box

Answerbag search box

Eurekster Swicki

Rollyo--search box

A9 search box

picosearch--your blog/site

Google--Site flavored search

Dictionary.com search box

Yahoo.com search box

Add Exalead to your website

Yahoo Answers badge

I love this "Moron talk"

2006-10-04T21:01:00.000-05:00

Google Gadgets... a popular topic.

2006-10-04T05:31:00.000-05:00

Today, I received an email from a friend. H. Lindzon
When these emails show up the information within, is always HOT!!! (not stolen)

Today it was Google Gadgets. Cool!
I checked around and found various posts containing reviews and such.
sexy widget here
mashable here
widgify here
did i miss you here

I decided to mix it up a bit. Instead of a generic review I went and created a generic beta Blogger page and tried out five or six of these "gadgets" there. I also couldn't resist posting some observations as well.
Check it out at gadgetryout.blogspot.com