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Hi there,
We are building our first Flash widget, and have a simple question here...
Any way we can have it so the user can change/update the due date on the flash widget itself? That’ll make it a lot easier for us to embed this thing on our site for download as opposed to always sending everyone to Widgetbox.
For instance: we have this widget listed on our site ( http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/pregn... ), we'd like to allow user to click the settings to update the fields, and click save. Once they have done with it, they could click [get widget] to get the default popup with embed code window on the same page. So they are able to copy the JS file and paste into their blog.
is this possible?
Thank you
John
We are building our first Flash widget, and have a simple question here...
Any way we can have it so the user can change/update the due date on the flash widget itself? That’ll make it a lot easier for us to embed this thing on our site for download as opposed to always sending everyone to Widgetbox.
For instance: we have this widget listed on our site ( http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/pregn... ), we'd like to allow user to click the settings to update the fields, and click save. Once they have done with it, they could click [get widget] to get the default popup with embed code window on the same page. So they are able to copy the JS file and paste into their blog.
is this possible?
Thank you
John
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Inappropriate?It seems like you're looking for the Viral Installer. Check out the Widgetbox KB for info on this:
http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/...
Beware, the docs are (really) old. You might need to do a little digging.
The other method is to take advantage of the widget.regId parameter on the widget to kind of keep track of who the user is. This can be insecure and tough to track, though, so I don't recommend it for anything "mission critical". -
Inappropriate?Actually, I did some more research for you...the "Viral Installer" is being phased out to some degree. Here's the up-to-date docs for the External Site Configuration:
http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/...
You can use this to create forms, too. Create a form where each input corresponds to a parameter in your widget (such as the date). Then include a hidden input (input type="hidden" name="_wbx_external" value="1"). The action="" parameter on your form should point to the gallery page for your widget. Users will configure the widget on your site and then click through to Widgetbox.
Matt
I’m confident
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Inappropriate?Hi Matt,
Thanks for responding to my thread.
I had done some testing already and you are able to view it at http://yarra.ath.cx/zmzm/dev/widgetbo...
the page with embedded widget
http://yarra.ath.cx/zmzm/dev/widgetbo...
I noticed that I was not able to see the button of [get widget], any suggestion?
# I have clicked "Include "Get Widget" button when installed" in [edit widget] page.
Thank you for your help
John -
Inappropriate?As Matt mentioned, it sounds like you either want External Config OR the Viral Installer. I'd go with the Viral Installer with pre-configured settings.
http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/...
The specific installation on your above page did not have the GW enabled:
http://www.widgetbox.com/dash/subscri...
You may have enabled it on another instance or the reg, but not on this one. I have enabled it for you.
