Could anyone point me in the direction of a more appropriate forum for this post if one exists? (it's received no response.)
Dan On 11 Mar, 10:29, danofweaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd love some feedback on my first gadget (http://bit.ly/cyKrfN); it > prepares words for the public service education website JogLab.com > which helps users create mnemonics, acrostic poems, acronyms etc. (I > run JogLab). > > I'd warmly welcome general constructive feedback but also how about > these specific issues: > > 1) Am I using target= _blank appropriately? What with different > personal settings in browsers it's quite difficult to determine which > behavior is sensible (for example I prefer not to have to reload > iGoogle every time I navigate away from it but perhaps I'm in the > minority?) (also see article The folly of target="_blank" http://bit.ly/cdjnt > ) > > 2) When validating a gadget's XML/ HTML I get inconsistent reports > using these tools: > > Google Gadget Checker (http://bit.ly/aF4WVH) > > Validome XML Validator (http://www.validome.org/xml/validate/) > > How can a Google gadget's code/ behavior be definitively determined? > > 3) Like everyone else I'm crazy busy; Google's help pages (eg > Developer toolshttp://bit.ly/aVZ252) are the best on the web though > for the first gadget maker there's a lot to drop when scrambling > through 'here's how to build a space-station' style examples, > sometimes means I miss the basics (for any newbie reading this: > clicking on 'View source' after selecting an individual Gadget's page > from (http://www.google.com/ig/directory) is a great way to figure out > syntax and so onhttp://bit.ly/TV8akis also informative) for example- > I've looked how to update the author information associated with a > gadget for a little while -perhaps as some of this information (eg > email address) is specified in gadget module preferences this is a > temporal issue and will be updated as Google indexes gadgets? > > 4) When connecting a gadget to Google Analytics as per Google's > instructions here:http://bit.ly/9ZnXmPI still get a message > "Tracking Not Installed": and no stats despite setting up an account > pointing to the XML location and etc. More complete instructions? I > suppose as it's not normal tracking code I might expect not to see any > tracking confirmation? > > I would love to see a GoogleBot check out every (new) gadget and then > send a customised email/ create a gadget report suggesting what was > right/ wrong with each aspect and relevant links to fix/improve/learn > more. > > Thanks everyone, Gadget making looks really worthwhile and I hope to > hear from you. > > Warm regards, > > Dan Weaverhttp://sites.google.com/site/danofweaver/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
