Hey Gregory, It sounds like your gadget XML spec may be malformed in some way. Can you reply back with the spec URL?
Thanks, Dann Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: gkellett <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New ScratchPad: Google Gadget Editor Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:04:26 -0800 (PST) Hello Dan,.. I'm currently working on a gadget in the editor and have all of a sudden been getting a "preview is not allowed for this file" message every time I try and preview. Any thought on why this may be? Thanks Gregory On Jul 13 2007, 2:26 pm, "Dann (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I'm happy to announce that we've recently completed a major upgrade to > the existing 'scratchpad' gadget in our documentation. We've replaced > it with the new version here:http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/gs.html#Scratchpad > > The old scratchpad gadget was created in the hopes of making it easy > for developers to experiment with gadgets. The old scratchpadallowed > you to view/edit a gadget's XML andpreviewthe gadget on the fly. It > also contained links to popular gadgets that you could load into the > scratchpad and modify. This has proven to be a great learning tool > for developers. > > The new version of the scratchpad is called Google GadgetEditor > (GGE). Besides the change in title, we've added new features that we > think will be useful to all gadget developers. All previous > functionality from the old scratchpad has been kept intact with a few > UI changes. > > ============ > > Here's what's new: > > -- Hosting > > Yes, you can now edit your gadget XML and save it using GGE. To > enable saving, you're required to be logged into your Google account. > When you leave the page and come back, you can simply reload your > saved gadget back into theeditorand start working again. When you > save your gadget, it's automatically hosted on our servers. GGE > provides you with the link where you create an 'Add to Google' button, > distribute it, etc. just like you would with any other gadget. > > With the new save feature enabled, you can now create a new gadget, > host it, and publish it all from within GGE! > > -- Storing and Serving Files > > In addition to gadget hosting, you can now upload files using GGE! > > Gadgets frequently embed or reference other resources such as images, > XML files, JavaScript files, CSS stylesheets, etc. Now you can simply > upload them using GGE and reference them from within your gadget. In > addition, you can use GGE to modify and save any text files you > upload. > > The ability to store and serve files using GGE is extremely useful > because all uploaded files are hosted on Google servers. This > relieves you of issues related to unreliable hosting and limited > bandwidth in which you'll face with other hosting facilities. > Instead, your files are reliably hosted with unlimited bandwidth for > use anywhere inside your gadget. > > -- NewEditorwith Syntax Highlighting > > We want to maximize the use of GGE and make it a positive experience > to build gadgets directly using theeditor. To accomplish this, we've > adopted the same styleeditorthat's used by Google MashupEditor > (http://editor.googlemashups.com). The old scratchpad contained a > simple plain text area that wasn't always easy to read. GGE, on the > other hand, is equipped with syntax highlighting for increased code > readability, and it also displays line numbers. GGE converts tabs > into 2 spaces to conserve space and promote better code formatting. > > By making theeditora bit smarter and more code-friendly, we hope to > make it more fun to create and edit gadgets in GGE. > > -- Modified UI > > The UI is generally the same as the original scratchpad. However, > we've added a new 'File' menu that contains commands for managing your > files in GGE. These commands include 'Open', 'Upload', 'Save', > 'Publish', and more. In the future, we may introduce additional menus > as new features come along. > > -- Publishing Made Easy > > We've added a new 'Publish' command that allows you to easily submit > your saved gadgets to the iGoogle directory. The 'Publish' submenu > also includes commands for adding the gadget to iGoogle or to any > other webpage using Google Gadgets For Your Page (GG4YP). > > ============ > > More features are still in the works and we're constantly looking for > ways to improve this tool. We're depending on *your* feedback and > comments to help us scope out what the next set of features should be. > > In particular, here's some things we'd love to know: > > -- Scale of 1-5: How useful is GGE? > -- Scale of 1-5: How intuitive is the new UI? > -- Will you use GGE to write and submit gadgets? > -- What features are most useful to you? > -- What features are *not* useful to you? > -- What additional features would you like to see? > -- What limitations/annoyances did you encountered? > -- Did you find any bugs? > > Give GGE a spin and let us know what you think:http://www.google.com/apis/gadgets/gs.html#Scratchpad > > If you want to add GGE to your homepage, you can:http://fusion.google.com/add?moduleurl=gge.xml > > Have fun!! > > Dann --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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