Rob, I have not seen a problem on iGoogle so far—userprefs seem to be working properly there for me. But the problem is definitely occurring for gadgets syndicated on external sites.
On Jul 21, 7:18 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > To clarify, the other thread talks about gadgets embedded on external sites > (so far). Are you seeing this issue on iGoogle, external sites, or both? > > Rob Russell > Google Developer Relations > > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:53 PM, kmaster <[email protected]> wrote: > > same topic here 2posts earlier > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API/browse_thread/threa... > > > On Jul 9, 2:44 pm, JMcIninch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a simple gadget that I wrote with several parameters > > > (UserPrefs) and I'd like to create an "Add to iGoogle" button. > > > > According to the developer documentation, you simply take the "Add to > > > iGoogle" url and append the user prefs to the end. > > > > For example, if I have a gadget with URL: > > > >http://mycompany.com/feed_reader.xml > > > > with the following defined in the XML file: > > > > <UserPref name="url" display_name="Feed URL" default_value="http:// > > > blogs.adobe.com/dev_center/index.rdf" required="true" /> > > > <UserPref name="timer" display_name="Refresh (seconds)" > > > default_value="300" /> > > > <UserPref name="count" display_name="Item Count" default_value="5" /> > > > <UserPref name="dates" display_name="Show Date" datatype="bool" > > > default_value="true" /> > > > <UserPref name="content" display_name="Show Content" datatype="bool" > > > default_value="true" /> > > > Then the base URL for the "Add to iGoogle" button becomes: > > > >http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://mycompany.com/feed_rea... > > > > ... which is simple enough. However, the developer documentation says > > > (and the "Share this gadget" function in iGoogle when the "Send my > > > settings for this gadget" box is checked), that you can include the > > > UserPrefs as part of the URL. In fact, when I do just that, I get a > > > URL in the form: > > > >http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=http://mycompany.com/feed_rea... > > > > The problem is that if I follow that link, rather than get a gadget > > > added with the correct settings, I get a gadget where all the settings > > > are the defaults instead of the supplied values. > > > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > 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]<Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. -- 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.
