On 15/12/05, Michael Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
just beat me to it, although my system for now and next is more convulted (although you can choose from all the bleb.org channels with my module).
Generate a selection of channels @ http://tv.blueghost.co.uk/nn.php using the google.com/ig builder at the top of the page and add http://tv.blueghost.co.uk/google_ig_nn.xml to google as mario mentions above. The module defaults to channels 1-5. This doesn't work too well around midnight as it doesn't get the next program for the following day, although i am working to fix that. Ideally google will let the user select a number of channels from a list, but currently they only support single-option combo boxes)
You can also get a single channel listing (currently 1 day only). You can customise this in google.com/ig by clicking the Edit link on the module and selecting the channel. The url for this one is http://tv.blueghost.co.uk/google_ig_channel.xml
Michael--On 15/12/05, Mario Menti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Google have yesterday released their homepage API which lets users create widgets for the Google personalised homepage ( google.com/ig). This works very similarly to the way gadgets work on live.com, so last night (with minimal effort) I have ported my existing "what's on now/next" live.com gadget to become a Google homepage module.
If Google accept it, it should eventually appear in their directory (http://www.google.com/ig/directory ), in the meantime if you're interested you can install it by adding the developer module from the google.com/ig page (click Add Content > Create a Section and enter "developer.xml" in the text field), then add my module from the url http://backstage.menti.name/google/nownext.xml
This is a direct port, so functionality-wise it does exactly the same as the live.com gadget (auto-refreshes every 10 minutes, manual refresh button, hover over program title to see synopsis).
Comments and feedback welcome as always, cheers,
Mario.
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