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The code is written. The widget is complete. The idea you started with is neatly contained in the world’s greatest widget. Now you just have to figure out how to get it to everybody.
Part 4) – Deploying the widget.
Since widgets are “portable pieces of code” you have to find a way to give this to all of your future fans. Easy right? Since the widget is just normally an HTML or Javascript snippet you can just trust that would be widget users know how to grab the code and embed it on their site. Not Exactly.
The first step in deploying your widget is creating a web site. The web site should at the very least allow potential widget owners to know what the widget does and allow then to copy the embed code. An example of a very simple widget site is the very first widget I developed,
www.JunkIWant.com. JunkIWant is a Amazon wishlist widget. No Logins. Nothing fancy. Just a website that gives clear instructions on how to grab the widget code.
However, you can’t be certain that just because you supply the HTML/Javascript that a blog owner will know how to grab the code and embed it into their site. This is where widget galleries and widget dashboards help out. |
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