We are very excited to announce a great new feature on Widgetbox that is now available for all Blidget Pros: a simple image cropper that allows custom widget headers, footers and backgrounds. You can select images from three sources:

1. Your desktop (locate the file and upload)
2. A URL (just enter the url of your desired image)
3. Your feed source (Widgetbox automatically scans your content and makes images available)

Once you select your desired image, you can scale, size and crop accordingly. This is a terrific way to make great looking, truly unique widgets… and did I mention that Widgetbox hosts the images and that you can edit / update them at any point?!

Below is a video tutorial demonstrating a couple examples:

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

One of the most powerful capabilities of the Blidget Pro is the ability to turn the widget into a fully viral Facebook Application. Below is a video tutorial demonstrating what Blidget Pro Facebook Apps look like and how you can create one.

You can also find a couple examples here:
- Crank High Voltage Facebook App
- American Idol 2009 Facebook App
- Investor Business Daily Facebook App

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

One of the best features of the Blidget Pro is the new Custom Tab tool (read more here).

Below is a video tutorial of how the Custom Tab works. You can also see custom tabs in action on these recent widgets:

- Crank High Voltage
- American Idol
- Chow.com Recipe of the Day
- Online Coupons from Savings.com

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

The latest installment of Widgetbox’s Screencast series:“A Video Tutorial to Making a Blidget Pro”… And if you want to stay current on our latest screencasts and video-tutorials – grab the widget below!

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

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The latest installment of Widgetbox’s Screencast series:
“How to add tabs to your widget!”

You can also access our text and picture tutorial on adding tabs.

… And if you want to stay current on our latest screencasts and video-tutorials – grab the widget:

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

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The second installment of Widgetbox’s Screencast series:
“How to Go Blidget Pro!”

Learn more about the Blidget Pro and read other Tutorials

]]> http://blog.widgetbox.com/2009/01/how-to-go-blidget-pro-screencast/feed/ 1 http://blog.widgetbox.com/2009/01/screencast-how-to-make-a-widget-using-the-blidget/ http://blog.widgetbox.com/2009/01/screencast-how-to-make-a-widget-using-the-blidget/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:51:14 +0000 Jillian Jones http://blog.widgetbox.com/?p=878 Introducing Widgetbox’s first screencast:
“How to make a widget using the Blidget tool”

There will be more screencasts on the way… including detailed guides to creating effective Blidget Pros: