IGoogle

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iGoogle, a Google service, is a customizable start page, which can be personnalized with gadgets featuring information such as local weather forecast, to-do lists, clocks, calenders etc.

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Installation method

Widgets can be installed on iGoogle using a simple link. The URL can be built programatically as follows:

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/goo.php%3F[Encoded list of args]

For example,using the Hello World widget built here, if your source HTML file is located at http://myserver.com/HelloWorld.html, you will be able to install your widget on iGoogle using the following link:

http://www.google.com/ig/adde?moduleurl=www.widgetavenue.com/wdg/loaders/goo.php%3Froot%3Dhtml%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmyserver.com%252FHelloWorld.html

If your URL is correct, you should get something similar to this.

Specific features

Storing Custom Preferences is supported

Loader code

The code of the loader used for iGoogle is "goo".

Gallery

Various web widgets are available on the gallery.

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