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Can I "get widget" without going to the widgetbox site?
I have created a widget and placed on my site. So, the user is on my page and I want them to be able to use this widget and customize it, but not have to go to the widgetbox site to do that... I am just trying to eliminate that step. Instead, the user would enter their paramsnito some form I have created, click and button, and the widget would update and provide the user with the new embed URL for them to use but it would all be done on my page.
I’m thinking I am asking too much
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Inappropriate?Hey Nicole,
Sure, you can totally do that. Check out this doc:
http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/...
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Inappropriate?Awesome... I will check that out now. Thanks so much for the speedy response.
I’m happy about this news.
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Inappropriate?Hi Dave... Okay... so my widget has two params,
Hello, ${config.yourName}!
Your favorite things are ${config.Item1}.
and i have set them to "Nicole" and "Doggies" respectively and generated my embed URL that I placed on my website.
I added the querystrings to the Widget URL, http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/4c20e... and tried accessing this URL but it doesn't like this at all.
I am pretty sure this is total user error and I am hoping you can point me in th right direction...
I’m a WidgetBox loser ;o))
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Inappropriate?Hey Nicole,
It actually looks to be working for me! Check it out (this is without changing your link at all)
This matches your query string of:
yourName=Crazy
&
Item1=Happy,
What'll happen is that it loads the page, the form on the right won't be filled out, but the widget will be configured. Is this not to what you see?
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Inappropriate?Well, yes, it is working perfecty now... hummm... must have been gremlins... I'll keep pushing forward playing around and get this up and running. Thanks so much for your help.
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Inappropriate?Okay... so I have the URL working - I can put it in an Iframe or hyperlink, all that good stuff, but it still takes the user to the widgetbox page... what I need is the for the widget to render on my page with the new params that were passed in and that is where I am stuck now... The embeded code from Widgetbox contains this line
I’m think its the end of the road
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Inappropriate?You won't be able to override the runtime and render the widget on your page. You can give them code straight away by using the Viral Installer instead if you like.
http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/...
