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Widgetbox

1. Installation
2. Overview
1. 2.1. widgetbox.panel(id) : xml
2. 2.2. widgetbox.widget(id) : xml
3. Source Code
4. Remarks
5. Samples

Installation

Follow these steps to install this script on your wiki.

Go to Service managmenent inside the Control Panel.
Under Add Service, click Local and select type Extension.
Enter a descriptive name and the SID: sid://mindtouch.com/2007/12/dekiscript
Add "manifest" to the config section with value set to http://scripts.mindtouch.com/widgetbox.xml
Add extra configuration values as listed below under Configuration (If Configuration is not listed below, ignore this step.)
Click on add service.

Overview

This extension contains functions for embedding WidgetBox widgets. This script requires MindTouch Deki 1.8.3 or later.

Functions:

widgetbox.panel
widgetbox.widget

widgetbox.panel(id) : xml

Insert WidgetBox panel.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
id	str	Script panel id.

widgetbox.widget(id) : xml

Insert WidgetBox widget.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
id	str	Script widget id.

Source Code

<extension>
  <title>MindTouch WidgetBox Extension</title>
  <label>WidgetBox</label>
  <copyright>Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 MindTouch, Inc.</copyright>
  <description>This extension contains functions for embedding WidgetBox widgets.</description>
  <uri.help>http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/MindTouch_Deki/Extensions/WidgetBox</uri.help>
  <uri.logo>http://scripts.mindtouch.com/logos/widgetbox-logo.png</uri.logo>
  <namespace>widgetbox</namespace>

  <function>
    <name>panel</name>
    <description>Insert WidgetBox panel.</description>
    <param name="id" type="str">Script panel id.</param>
    <return>
      <html xmlns:eval="http://mindtouch.com/2007/dekiscript">
        <body>
          <script type="text/javascript" eval:src="'http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=' .. web.uriencode(args.id)" />
        </body>
      </html>
    </return>
  </function>

  <function>
    <name>widget</name>
    <description>Insert WidgetBox widget.</description>
    <param name="id" type="str">Script widget id.</param>
    <return>
      <html xmlns:eval="http://mindtouch.com/2007/dekiscript">
        <body>
          <script type="text/javascript" eval:src="'http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js?appId=' .. web.uriencode(args.id)" />
        </body>
      </html>
    </return>
  </function>
</extension>

Remarks

To get started, go to Widgetbox.com, find a widget you like, and customize its settings. Once you are done, click on "Get Widget" and a small panel will show up. Click on "Get Widget Code" and copy/paste it into your favorite text editor. The result will look like this:

<script type="text/javascript" 
 src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=172c1af6-95cd-4e98-86e5-09e6ffd77877">
</script>
<noscript>Get great free widgets at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript>

Now, select the widget code. It starts at ?panelId= and goes to the closing double quotes ("). Use this code when using the widgetbox functions.

Samples

Output

To embed a comment widget:

{{widgetbox.panel("bcef9d3c-3030-436f-841d-ed28804335a7")}}

To embed a Global Giving campaign widget:

{{widgetbox.panel("a0cc2e3a-45e7-45b3-9e56-92bc0f7b463a")}}

To embed a LED text scroller widget:

{{ widgetbox.widget("91d81375-6dd5-45ba-8073-4da582ce1724") }}

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pnerzak says:

I followed these directions but get an error code every time.

This is the error code:

line 1, column 56: ":" expected

Posted 12:59, 17 Apr 2008