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Torley Linden on Widgets for Visuals

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I do a lot of video and photographs so I've added the flickr and video badges. Also, I have the RSS widget that streams the headlines from my employer's blog onto my personal blog. The transcript is edited for clarity - see Torley comment. powered by ODEO. I enjoy widgets because they create visual interest.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Based on photo entitled " Gear " from Flattop341's Flickr Industrial Set. A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed.

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Let's Go Widget Shopping!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

social networking tools like del.icio.us, flickr, blip.tv, Technorati, etc. " Here's a few widget/badgets that I ended up installing and keeping: Flickr Widget/Badge : If your organization is using flickr to say run a photo content or a community tagging project, it makes sense to add a flickr badge to your web site.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group. social networking tools like del.icio.us, flickr, blip.tv, Technorati, etc.