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Widget: Build a better widget!
Kelly Hungerford
suggested this on April 06, 2011 09:09
1) create a widget that works also on non javascript blogs ( posterous, wordpress)I have found a work around for posterous, however and not sure that is a good one because it requires a fixed height and width.
2) widget should be available in the languages that we offer on the site
3) widget should be
1) create a widget that works also on non javascript blogs ( posterous, wordpress)
2) widget should be available in the languages that are offered on paper.li, not just in English
3) Users should be able to change the color of a widget to fit their blog better
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Hi all,
our new nomad widget is currently in the test mode. If you want to become a beta tester, you are welcome - just submit a ticket (http://support.paper.li/tickets/new) and we will give you access. Read more here: http://blog.paper.li/2011/12/paperli-nomad-in-action.html
Best regards,
Birgit
Hey Kelly and Birgit
Quote: We are currently working on a new suite of widgets and badges for promotion.
This was mentioned more than a month ago. Any news on this issue?
It would be much appreciated if the widget would be offered in German and other languages. If I can be of any help with translation issues, please let me know.
Thanks and best regards
Update: We are currently working on a new suite of widgets and badges for promotion. Until then, Dave, thank you for your continued support to the community!
If you want the widget to be visible in all browsers except IE, where it exhibits very strange behavior depending on the IE version: use the code below.
See it in use at http://davedragon.rilysi.com bottom of the left sidebar, only visible in non-IE browsers.
Note the use of Conditional Comments that exclude the widget code from all IE browser versions.
<!--[if !IE]><!-->
<div style="width:200px;background-color:#ffffff">
<script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script> Paperli.PaperWidget.Show({ pid: 'PUT YOUR PID HERE', width: 200, background: '#FB0000' }) </script> </div>
<!--<![endif]-->
Note: Copy all of the above code and enter your PID.
-Dave
Thanks Dave! That allowed me to change the background from transparent to white. Can we incorporate this into the widget code generator? It would take 5-10 minutes of development work.
The DIV wrapper around the code below works on a black background.
See it at http://davedragon.rilysi.com
You have to use a browser other than IE to see it, as I only display the widget in non IE browsers.
Bottom of the Left Sidebar.
<div style="width:200px;background-color:#ffffff">
<script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script>Paperli.PaperWidget.Show({pid: 'DaveDragonDave/1310729343',width: 200,background: '#FB0000'})</script>
</div>
Be sure to use your PID.
-Dave
I love your site and there's so much potential with the technology, but the widget provides very limited options. I'd love if you allowed me to pick and choose different components, customize size and appearance -- or at least choose from a few different widgets. You could make just a news ticker, or a photo gallery, or just different-sized widgets. If you're all about content curation, why restrict the format to a single, rigidly-formatted widget?
Photos from the articles would spice things up. Also, where is the RSS feed? What if I want to share the content?
Hi daPlayboy,
I am sorry to hear that it did not work. We will continue to work on it to find a solution - please stay tuned!
Best regards,
Birgit
Hi Birgit
Have already tried changing the background color before posting, and it is to no avail...nothing can make it a white background unless the webmaster's site skin has a white background...so, there is an issue, and it needs further work to make it suitable for those webmaster's who've a black skin background!
daPLAYBOY,
Please submit a ticket (on the right hand side) and enter the URL of your website you want to add the widget and the name of your Paper.li. We can take then a deeper look into it and will see how we can help you. Thank you!
like, Luis, I'd like to know how to change the shell background color, as my portal is dark, and the paper li widget doesn't support such a change, and I would appreciate this option to change it! Hope you can help many who are in the same position!
How can I change the color Shell background?
See my widget in action: http://redhi.com/blog/savo/ (at the bottom of the page)
Would be great if the widget background and internal fonts could be color coded as well, like the Twitter widgets.
<script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>Paperli.PaperWidget.Show({pid: 'ISM_Kosmetik/wellness',width: 200,background: '#FB0000'})</script>