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[3 Jun 2009 | Comments | 5,402 views]
Sharing & Promoting your Widgets through Facebook Connect

By using Facebook Connect on Widgetbox, widget users and developers can easily share their activity and widgets through the Facebook feed and across their social graph. It is a tremendously powerful way to distribute your widget, share content and collect feedback from friends.
The first step is connecting your Widgetbox account with Facebook (read why and how).
Once your Widgetbox account is connected with Facebook, sharing and promoting is simple and effective. There are two primary options:
 

Share Through the Get Widget Menu
Whether you created the widget or you just grabbed …

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[3 Jun 2009 | Comments | 2,858 views]
Widgetbox Integrates Facebook Connect

Widgetbox is very excited to announce our official integration with Facebook Connect. The benefits to the Widgetbox community are clear:
- Simple Widgetbox registration and/or user login
- Ability to effectively share your widgets and Widgetbox activity across your Facebook ‘Social Graph’
- Tools specifically intended to make widgets more viral and easier to distribute
- Improved on-Facebook widget integration and messaging
… And we are just getting started!
Below is a quick guide to registering through Facebook Connect and – if you already have a Widgetbox account – linking your account. You’ll realize it’s very …

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[3 Jun 2009 | Comments | 2,569 views]
Commenting on Widgetbox with Facebook Connect

By using Facebook Connect on Widgetbox, widget users and developers can easily share their activity and content on Facebook! The first step (and it is simple!) is connecting your Widgetbox account with Facebook (read why and how).
Once you have either registered through Facebook Connect or linked your Widgetbox account, there are two powerful ways to share your activity with your Facebook ‘Social Graph’:
1. Share & Promote Your Widget (read here)
2. Share Your Comments and Ratings (see below)
Once you are logged in and connected with Facebook, you will see your Facebook …

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[19 May 2009 | Comments | 4,734 views]
Twitter #Hashtags & Twitter Widgets

Mashable had a great article yesterday on Twitter #Hashtags, what they mean and how to use them. For Twitter users, hashtags represent a powerful way to navigate Twitter’s activity stream, understand trending topics and find interesting users.
Mashable even recommended using Widgetbox to help navigate your Twitter activity:
“Provide a website widget: For anyone who isn’t using or knowledgeable with Twitter, provide an easy conversation tracker tool on your website. You can make one via Widgetbox”
Here’s how you can use hashtags within your Twitter widgets:
1. When creating your Blidget Pro, add …

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[30 Apr 2009 | Comments | 11,788 views]
Facebook Feed Widgets: How To Build Facebook Widgets

Exciting news: you can now create Blidgets and Blidget Pros from your Facebook Feed. Add you Twitter activity, blog or RSS feed, and other useful content from across the web and you have the ultimate social media / marketing widget! Here’s how:
1. Install Chia’s Newsfeed RSS App
To get started, you need to allow the new Newsfeed RSS Application on Facebook and grant it access. The application will access your Facebook feed and convert it into an RSS feed. Note: this all occurs on Facebook.com and you will need to login …

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