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Archive for February, 2007

Widgets Lab moving to new server

February 18th, 2007

I just wanted to let you know that Widgets Lab is moving to a new server.

I’m not sure about the exact time, when this will happen.

I have tried to make this happen myself but was unable to. The online help for this type of thing is very sketchy and when you do find something that pertains to your specific problem…there is an assumption by the author of the resource that the user has a pre set amount of knowledge about the topic in question.

Acronyms are thrown around like birdseed. FTP this and PHP that. Set your server permissions, back up your database, fuck up your day!

Tech support on the new server side is non-existent. About the best they can do is point you to the online resources that failed you to begin with.

Worst possible scenario…Widgets Lab starts from scratch…0 posts 0 archives 0 resources.

Thank You!
Derek

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Posted in Misc

Cellblock.com Mobile video widget

February 16th, 2007

Cellblock.com is a service that allows you to post photos and video to a widget from anywhere you can send an email.

What a great idea !

Lets say you see some news worthy video and you manage to capture it on your mobile phones camera. You can instantly email it to your Cellblock widget and it will be displayed for any of your blog readers to view.

What else can I do?

You can open up your Cellblock to anyone that wants to post photos and video to your widget. This could essentially create a mobile band of video journalists for your blog.

What about offensive content?

You can set up your Cellblock widget so you have complete control over what content gets added. You are the chief editor!

Try it out. it’s FREE

cellblock.com
cellblock blog

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Posted in Videos

Tags: flash

Popular Posts Widget

February 15th, 2007

AffiliateBrand.com has a great “Popular Posts” widget.

What does it do?

This widget allows you to display links to some of your most popular posts in an attractive, fully customizable widget.

With this widget you are able to give it a custom title that suits you needs. Choose how many posts are listed. Determine how far in the past you want to look. 1 day, 30 days, 135 days or whatever.

This widget is built to fit!

You can choose the height and width. This is one of the most important aspects for widget use. If it doesn’t fit…it don’t get used.

What about colors?

This is a bit tricky. If you don’t have CSS experience or you don’t have a link to a CSS style sheet, you get to use to color scheme provided. Perhaps in the future you will be able to customize your colors easier. Don’t let this stop you from using the widget though.

This widget will stay on Widgets Lab !

I can already see the value of such an addition to this blog.

AffiliateBrand.com
Affiliatebrand blog

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Posted in Misc, Tools

Tags: javascript tracking

Splashcast expirences awesome growth

February 13th, 2007

2000 Splashcast users in 2 weeks!
read Marshall’s full post

Damn, thats fantastic.

If you haven’t checked out the Splashcast service yet, do so now.
It’s very easy to use and the finished results are of professional quality.

I’m surprised I haven’t heard of someone using the Splashcast service to earn an income.