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LJ Widget

Feb 06, 2008 01:11

Title
LJ Widget

Short, concise description of the idea
It would be great if LJ users were able to tell their website visitors what's on their LJ by using a something in their site's HTML that automatically updates itself to show the person's three most recent LJ posts.

Full description of the ideaMany bloggers--in my circle, at least--are familiar ( Read more... )

widgets, external services, § no status

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mooism February 26 2008, 19:26:59 UTC

Is this what you want? Use http://superwench83.livejournal.com/data/rss as the feed url and select “compact view”. It gives you html code you can paste into your website.

mooism February 26 2008, 19:27:38 UTC

There are probably other similar services on the web; that’s just the first one I found.

ursamajor February 26 2008, 20:47:29 UTC

Ooh, I did not know a tool to make things that easy existed. Awesome, thank you!

superwench83 February 26 2008, 23:45:32 UTC

Okay, yeah. That's what I was talking about. I didn't know there was a way to do it this way, being as techincally ignorant as I am. I'll have to play around with this. Thanks!

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charliemc February 29 2008, 17:27:15 UTC

-1

I'm not a huge fan of widgets. This just wouldn't seem like a priority if we're talking much in the way of coding and/or resources...

pdlloyd July 14 2008, 17:11:53 UTC

I'm looking for a "widget" that's actually far simpler than the one described here. The type of widget I'm looking for are used by such sites as LinkedIn, Goodreads, Elance, etc. (For an example of what I mean, see my links page at A Writer's Space: Pamela's Place - Links). Frankly, although these sites refer to their combination of image and HTML as widgets (and some offer widgets with content linked back to content on the site), most of these are really nothing more than an approved image which I can be posted on a webpage that links back to an individual's page within the site. In many ways, these have more in common with the banners LJ offers at http://www.livejournal.com/site/banners.bml than to functional widgets, but involve a smaller, much simpler image ( ... )

azurelunatic July 16 2008, 00:57:47 UTC

I've poked an Actual LJ Employee to try and get you some confirmation on using LJ branding in LJ widgets developed by unofficial sources.

pdlloyd July 16 2008, 01:05:14 UTC

Oh, thank you very much!

I've got an image I've been working on, which would be suitable for use by anyone, and which I would be happy to submit for their approval. Note that I have not yet attempted to use this image, nor have I posted it anywhere; it currently resides only on my hard drive.

azurelunatic July 19 2008, 15:05:00 UTC

I was going to try and wait on the Official Answer before using this, but the icon of mine here was made in honor of one of the new managers, and while I haven't gotten an official response to this icon, the unofficial response involved a whole lot of laughter and some ganking.

It's cool to use LJ images, and the employee was going to try and see if they have a repository of official images for easy use, but I will probably have to collar her again once Monday comes around, since she hasn't responded here yet.

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