Years ago there were little javascript snippets of code out there that would let you add clocks, calendars and special effects to your website. It was a bit of a fad: interesting but not that useful. Well, this concept has come a long way. It is very easy now to add calendars, blog feeds, customized news and maps to a website or blog with no programming skills. Here are some interesting resources:
Google has created a suite of applications that can be accessed though the 'Google AJAX API'. If that sounds complicated they also have a set of wizards that will help you configure widgets and give you the code to paste in your site:
- Maps: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/mapsearch.html
- Video: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/videobar.html
- News: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/newsbar.html
- Books: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/bookbar.html
- Blogs: http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/blogbar.html
Another useful resource is a Widgetoko http://www.widgetoko.com/ This site lists many different widgets and services that are available. The site describes itself as:
- Widgetoko tracks new and popular web widgets to put on your blog, homepage or social network profile — think myspace. Delivered with a blog-a-liciously fresh flavour, for you to gobble down on a daily basis
A cool producer of widgets is Yourminis http://www.yourminis.com These guys make a variety of widgets that you can customize and save for either your website blog or desktop. (There are several yourminis widgets on this page) Here is an example of a video widget from yourminis (click on the picture and then the play button):
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