Archive for January, 2008

Customization Pages for the Stingray and Clock

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Here are the customization pages for the Stingray and the Pendulum Clock gadgets.

http://abowman.com/google-modules/stingray?edit=true http://abowman.com/google-modules/pendulum-clock?edit=true

Customize the Rings Gadget

Monday, January 21st, 2008

This weekend a took a little time to update the Rings gadget so that you can customize it.

Here is the customization page:
http://abowman.com/google-modules/rings/?edit=true

Note: If you want to enter a background image, you will need to enter the background image URL into the settings after you add the gadget to your page, because there is currently a bug on iGoogle that prevents that setting from working from the customization page.

Create Custom Designs for iGoogle

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This is some great news for you web designers out there.  You can now create your own themes for iGoogle and submit them to the theme directory for others to enjoy!  You can even create dynamic themes that change according to the time of day.

Here are some links to help get you started.

Theme Directory
Developer Guide
Submit a Theme
Themes API Group

A Couple Bug Fixes

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
  1. Fixed the size option for the Spider on iGoogle and Google Desktop.
  2. Fixed a problem that caused the Turtle gadget not to render in some browser.