Make Your Own Widget
Nothing substitutes for programming expertise when it comes to crafting the handy mini-programs that run on your iGoogle page or through Yahoo's Widgets. You'll find excellent XML and JavaScript tutorials online, and in print at your local bookstore. Making a simple Google gadget, however, takes no programming skills at all. Log in to iGoogle and click Create your own gadget at the bottom of the page. Pick one of the seven (as we went to press) gadget templates, and click its Get started link. After customizing it with online content, text, and other options, click Create Gadget. Google adds the gadget to your iGoogle page and offers options for sharing it. The WyaWorks Widget Creator service lets you create and share a database widget (think contacts or customer service) that works with iGoogle, Netvibes, and Pageflakes. Yahoo Widget builders can get help with XML widget coding via Harry Whitfield's Widget Maker.
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