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Posted to user@roller.apache.org by Abhijeet Anand <ab...@gmail.com> on 2008/02/19 21:50:15 UTC
Incorporate site level change (Adding Widgets)
Hi,
I am the administrator of a multi user blog site powered by roller.Users on
my site can create there individual blogs.
Now I have a requirement where in I want to incorporate site level change
(effecting all the blogs on this site).
To be specific I want to incorporate 2 widgets, which I want should be
available at the frontpage of each blog,
irrespective of the template which the user has for his blog.
Could somebody provide me information on how to achieve this..?
The only direction which I can think of is to manually going and changing
the templates (themes) to incorporate this,
at the same time restricting the users to customize the themes, but I am not
sure is this the right way.
The site is still not live, its in the testing phase, but I would very well
like this feature to be available on my site before I go live.
I would appreciate any comments from all.
--
Thanks
Abhijeet
e-mail: abhijeet.anand@gmail.com
Re: Incorporate site level change (Adding Widgets)
Posted by Matt Raible <ma...@raibledesigns.com>.
If you google for OpenSocial, you should find Google's site on
OpenSocial. Basically, it's a JavaScript API that makes it possible
for people to create "social applications" (for FaceBook, LinkedIn,
Orkurt, etc.) and publish them to an "open social container".
If you need a widget that doesn't need interactivity in the form of
saving information, you could probably roll-your-own and use an
include mechanism to put it on all blogs. You could use an iframe or
a JavaScript script that writes out what you want to display to the
user. It doesn't sound like you need to gather any information from
Roller's database in this widget - do you?
Matt
On Feb 19, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Abhijeet Anand wrote:
> The widgets will be interactive in the sense that users can click
> on them,
> the widget will in turn make hit to a 3rd party server, fetch some
> data and
> display it.
> Something like say as RSS widget.* Is there a way to integrate a
> widget like
> this through my site..?
>
> *
> I am still not sure what OpenSocial container means, could you please
> provide some insite on this, or may be a good link from where I can
> gather
> more information.
>
> --
> Cheers.. :)
>
> Abhijeet
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 4:12 PM, Matt Raible <mr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are these widgets going to be interactive or read-only? For
>> interactive widgets, I believe Dave has thought about making
>> Roller an
>> OpenSocial container.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2008 1:50 PM, Abhijeet Anand <ab...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am the administrator of a multi user blog site powered by
>>> roller.Userson
>>> my site can create there individual blogs.
>>>
>>> Now I have a requirement where in I want to incorporate site level
>> change
>>> (effecting all the blogs on this site).
>>> To be specific I want to incorporate 2 widgets, which I want
>>> should be
>>> available at the frontpage of each blog,
>>> irrespective of the template which the user has for his blog.
>>> Could somebody provide me information on how to achieve this..?
>>> The only direction which I can think of is to manually going and
>> changing
>>> the templates (themes) to incorporate this,
>>> at the same time restricting the users to customize the themes,
>>> but I am
>> not
>>> sure is this the right way.
>>>
>>> The site is still not live, its in the testing phase, but I would
>>> very
>> well
>>> like this feature to be available on my site before I go live.
>>> I would appreciate any comments from all.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Abhijeet
>>> e-mail: abhijeet.anand@gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://raibledesigns.com
>>
Re: Incorporate site level change (Adding Widgets)
Posted by Abhijeet Anand <ab...@gmail.com>.
The widgets will be interactive in the sense that users can click on them,
the widget will in turn make hit to a 3rd party server, fetch some data and
display it.
Something like say as RSS widget.* Is there a way to integrate a widget like
this through my site..?
*
I am still not sure what OpenSocial container means, could you please
provide some insite on this, or may be a good link from where I can gather
more information.
--
Cheers.. :)
Abhijeet
On Feb 19, 2008 4:12 PM, Matt Raible <mr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are these widgets going to be interactive or read-only? For
> interactive widgets, I believe Dave has thought about making Roller an
> OpenSocial container.
>
> Matt
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 1:50 PM, Abhijeet Anand <ab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am the administrator of a multi user blog site powered by roller.Userson
> > my site can create there individual blogs.
> >
> > Now I have a requirement where in I want to incorporate site level
> change
> > (effecting all the blogs on this site).
> > To be specific I want to incorporate 2 widgets, which I want should be
> > available at the frontpage of each blog,
> > irrespective of the template which the user has for his blog.
> > Could somebody provide me information on how to achieve this..?
> > The only direction which I can think of is to manually going and
> changing
> > the templates (themes) to incorporate this,
> > at the same time restricting the users to customize the themes, but I am
> not
> > sure is this the right way.
> >
> > The site is still not live, its in the testing phase, but I would very
> well
> > like this feature to be available on my site before I go live.
> > I would appreciate any comments from all.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks
> >
> > Abhijeet
> > e-mail: abhijeet.anand@gmail.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> http://raibledesigns.com
>
Re: Incorporate site level change (Adding Widgets)
Posted by Matt Raible <mr...@gmail.com>.
Are these widgets going to be interactive or read-only? For
interactive widgets, I believe Dave has thought about making Roller an
OpenSocial container.
Matt
On Feb 19, 2008 1:50 PM, Abhijeet Anand <ab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am the administrator of a multi user blog site powered by roller.Users on
> my site can create there individual blogs.
>
> Now I have a requirement where in I want to incorporate site level change
> (effecting all the blogs on this site).
> To be specific I want to incorporate 2 widgets, which I want should be
> available at the frontpage of each blog,
> irrespective of the template which the user has for his blog.
> Could somebody provide me information on how to achieve this..?
> The only direction which I can think of is to manually going and changing
> the templates (themes) to incorporate this,
> at the same time restricting the users to customize the themes, but I am not
> sure is this the right way.
>
> The site is still not live, its in the testing phase, but I would very well
> like this feature to be available on my site before I go live.
> I would appreciate any comments from all.
>
> --
> Thanks
>
> Abhijeet
> e-mail: abhijeet.anand@gmail.com
>
--
http://raibledesigns.com