Thursday
Dec042008
Introducing the New Blidget with Slideshows
Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 3:51PM Widgetbox Blidgets are seen millions of times each month by millions of readers and bloggers.
Today, we are excited to announce the next generation of the Blidget which now has a slideshow view ideal for image-rich blogs and RSS feeds. Watch the new Blidget in action:
1. Enter the Make A Widget flow and click the "Blog / Feed" tab
2. Input your blog or feed URL
3. Click continue and voilà
You'll notice the same creation and customization flow but with a couple new "Layout" options. "List" is the traditional layout - but you can now choose the "Slideshow" view (examples below). Both formats include options to include images and/or summaries. If you create a Slideshow Blidget and turn the summaries off, you'll notice that the summary appears on mouse overlay. You will also notice that the slideshow automatically scrolls through each entry but has functionality to pause and go forward / backward.
And after you've created your Blidget... it will now get even more attention: we've added a prominent Blidget tab to Widgetbox's header. You can now access the newest, hottest, top rated and most popular blidgets directly from every Widgetbox page.
Below are a couple examples of what can be done with the new Blidget.
Boston.com's The Big Picture
- Wide format
- Slideshow without summaries
- Custom image header
- Cloud Blue background
TechCrunch Widget
- Wide format
- Slideshow with summaries
- Custom image header
- Frosted Glass background

Reader Comments (38)
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Wow, so high readership. Cheers to blidget.
Is that advantageous in making a website?
Wow i didn't know about blidget. It seems cool ! Thanks for the useful information and steps !
OK. i will give it a try now.
Thanks for taking the time to post such a detailed and informative article. It has given me a lot of inspiration and I look forward to more like this in the future.
Well, what can I say? The images are really cool......just beautifyl.
This might be a good alternative to the general flash boxes we see on most website nowadays! What's more.. by leveraging on the widget framework, you will be able to leverage on the widget's easily distributable framework!
Some great tools! Thanks
Thanks for the info. May God have mercy on us all.
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I just love the cool layout and the graphic is of high resolution.
Thanks for sharing this widget. It's going to come in handy on all of my sites because I frequently upload posts that have a lot of pictures and this will organise them into one neat slideshow.
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Will get this blidget installed ASAP.Its simply awesome!
Are we able to change the frame of it?
A good and neat widgets!Will the uploading speed of the pictures be fast?
This size of widget seems to wide.Is it possible to resize it?
Those are great widgets
Is it possible to resize it?
This might be a good alternative to the general flash boxes we see on most website nowadays!