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
I’ve been reading through a lot of the comments this morning and noticed that some people don’t have access to all the options for their gadgets. Google has fixed that problem by adding a scrollbar to the options page for universal gadgets. Another problem that people have reported is that they see a 10-15px white border around the gadgets of Google Desktop. You should update or install the latest version of Google Desktop to fix these problems....
Did you know that you can change the widths of your gadgets on iGoogle? To do this, click the down arrow to the right of one of your tabs and then select “Edit this tab” from the drop down menu. You should now see this window: This is making me think that I should add an option to the Tree Frog, Fish, Spider, etc. that lets the user set the height of the gadget....
Lately, I’ve been playing around with Google Custom Search Engines. All you have to do to build a search engine is sign in to their site with your Google login and press the “Create a Custom Search Engine” button and fill out the simple form. There are a lot nice features such as being able to create search engines with other people, being able to add your search engines to iGoogle or webpages as gadgets, and being able to link your search engine to an adsense account....
I’ve been getting a lot of comments about how to personalize the gadgets on Google. Once the gadget has been added to your page, click the down arrow in the upper right corner of the gadget. You will then be able to click on edit “settings”. This will show a form with the settings of the gadget. Once you are done making your selections, press the save button at the bottom of the form....