Thanks for the reply Rohit..Was very explanatory. My developer is still confused on one part : When teh application is submitted, we only provide one URL to be added. How do I write two codes here (one corresponding to the canvas view and another to the profile view). Sorry if the questions sound mundane, but since the whole concept is new, I am a bit confused.
About the message board, I was referring to the comments that users enter about the application which is normally seen before the 'Add Application' button. I presume this is a default window provided by orkut and does not require coding from our end. Thanks again, Anand Rohit Ghatol (Google) wrote: > Hi Anand, > > Typically another user can see an OpenSocial application that you have > installed in two ways > 1. On your Profile view, along side other OpenSocial Apps you have > installed. Here the application has limited real estate. > 2. On the Canvas view where the Application occupies complete space. > Here the application has much more real estate. > > A user who visits your profile page would see number of applications > that you have installed. Each of this applications should show limited > but useful information to the user (owing to the limited real estate). > If this user finds some thing useful in an application he/she would > interact with the application. As a result of this interaction (say > clicking a button or a link), the application can move to the Canvas > View, to show user much richer content. > > Hence, if you have a application which has very rich content, > typically you would like to code differently for two views. One > version of your code would show less richer and concise contents for > Profile page and another code would show much richer content for the > Canvas page. But, if there is no such need to distinguish between the > richness of your application, you can just have one code for both the > views. > > About the "message board" related query, I am not very clear, Do you > mean activity stream (updates)? If you meant activity streams, this is > another way to make other users aware, what you did with a particular > application. It is a good way of communicating with other users who do > not visit directly visited your application. > > I am using Orkut as a container to explain things here. > > regards, > Rohit > > > On May 5, 11:57 pm, Anand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While coding for an app, should I only write code for the application > > page alone, or should I also write code for the message board that > > appears below the 'add app' page for the apps that currently exist? > > Should I also write the code for what appears on the user profile > > page? > > > > Sorry, I am a bit confused about this. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" 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/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
