Widgetbox is excited to announce our newest addition to the Widgetbox Pro offering: custom countdown widgets!
The Countdown Pro Creator enables users to easily, without any coding, create custom countdown widgets that can be shared across the web and shared on Facebook. Creating your countdown is easy and there are several opportunities to personalize the widget (a full tutorial is coming shortly!):
- Set your widget’s size: width and height
- Create your event: what are you counting down to?
- When is the date: set the date using our calendar
- Add a theme …

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 …

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 …

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 …

On Wednesday, I had the unique opportunity to appear on RSS Ray’s radio show to speak about widgets. I am trying to get a copy of the discussion (in podcast form) – but in the meantime, here are eight tips that I shared with Ray… and that users of RSS can implement immediately:
RSS & Widgets: 8 Ways to Utilize RSS in Widgets
RSS feeds make it easy for web publishers and marketers to create custom widgets on Widgetbox… with no development resources! Below are eight great ways to turn feed-based …