Widgetbox » social network http://blog.widgetbox.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Eons Launches Widgetbox Custom Gallery http://blog.widgetbox.com/2008/10/eons-launches-widgetbox-custom-gallery/ http://blog.widgetbox.com/2008/10/eons-launches-widgetbox-custom-gallery/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:11:09 +0000 Shawn Cronin http://blog.widgetbox.com/?p=288 Eons, the online community of spirited “BOOMers”, has recently implemented their own Widgetbox Custom Gallery.  Now Eons users can browse for widget content directly from their profile pages, adding them with just one click.  Have a look.

Eons has created categories such as News, Sports and Weather within their widget gallery, but users can also search from over 70,000 widgets listed within the gallery.  As new content is submitted to Widgetbox, the Eons widget gallery will grow as well, keeping the content fresh and dynamic.

Are you interested in a Custom Gallery for your network?  Learn more about it here, and see all the cool things we’ve got to offer.  We’d love to provide you with a total widget solution for your network.

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  • Improved Installation   It’s faster, users no longer have to enter their MySpace usernames, and it installs to more places within MySpace.
  • Improved Linking Out  As you may know, MySpace disables all links in Flash files.   Our old solution for this, SoftKeys, has been replaced by a more intuitive solution where the user cuts and pastes URL.
  • Improved Get Widget Button. The Get Widget button should be much more viral because it links directly back to the widget’s details page, rather than going through our Flash link out solution  We did this by embedding it as HTML in the page, rather than using our usual Flash button.
  • MySpace App Gallery.  Every single Widgetbox widget, including Javascript widgets, are now registerable in the MySpace application gallery.

Below is a visual tour.

Improved Installation
We now use MySpace’s ‘Post to MySpace’ feature. 

Why is this good?

  • It’s
    faster.
  • Users don’t have to give us their MySpace usernames and passwords.
  • It supports posting to MySpace blogs and the bulletin, which MySpace users use to communicate with their friends.  This increases the virality of your widget.

All widgets automatically get this new installer.  Here’s a screenshot of the MySpace side of things:

Myspaceinstallconfirm

Improved Linking Out 

MySpace disables all links in Flash files.   Our old solution for this, SoftKeys, has been replaced by a   solution where the user is asked to cut & paste the URL.

In user testing we have found this to be much more effective at getting people to follow links.

Developers don’t need to do anything to get this new support.  The API hasn’t changed.

Myspacelinkout

MySpace App Gallery
MySpace now has an application gallery.  Widgetbox has done the hard work of translating your widgets into MySpace applications.  Developers, you can register all your Widgetbox widgets in the MySpace gallery, including Javascript widgets.

To do this, go to the Widgetbox dashboard of your widget.  Look for Add to More Galleries and follow the instructions:

Galleriesbrick

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