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Monday, December 17, 2007

Developer Goodies & Yahoo Widgets

This latest release is a big one for developers. We've revamped the developer site, starting with a redesign of the overall site navigation, making it cleaner and easier - you should definitely be able to find whatever it is that you're looking for. We've also updated the tutorials and have included copy/print sample code with line numbers. And for you Flex developers out there, we now fully support Flex widgets, along with native AS2 and AS3. Finally, we've put together an integrated online widget test console that allows you to write, debug and test your AS3/Flex widget code without having to have any development software on your own machine!

In addition to the developer goodies, we've added support for the Yahoo Widget platform as another syndication site. You can now add any of our widgets to your Yahoo Widget application. Just click the "Yahoo Widgets" icon in the copy panel:

As always, we're looking forward to hearing your comments in our forums.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Mac Dashboard, Enhanced Facebook & OpenSocial Support + More
This latest update, which went live on Wednesday night - just before Thanksgiving - brings about a number of great additions to the yourminis platform.

Mac Dashboard Support - You'll see that we've added Mac Dashboard as one of our syndication options. The "copy" panel lists the Mac Dashboard on all of our widgets, and if you're running Leopard, all you have to do is click on the icon and run the file to see the widget of your choice running in your dashboard environment.
Enhanced Facebook Support - We've done a number of things to improve our support for Facebook. First, we've created an "edit" page, for those of you that want to reconfigure your widget in a dedicated area, outside of your profile page. Next, we've added a "Gallery" page, which will allow you to see all of our featured widget, as long as they're also configured to be Facebook applications. Finally, we've added API support to allow developers to write to the "Feeds" system when actions are taken within their widgets - this allows the widget to be much more viral in nature, if used appropriately.
Support for OpenSocial - Although the containers that have implemented OpenSocial are still getting their bearings straight, we have already implemented an "OpenSocial" bridge, which allows developers to create their application once - and the widget will be smart enough to know if it's operating in the context of OpenSocial or of Facebook. This makes development for these networks that much simpler and faster, while still leveraging the benefits of the networks.
SEO Tags - We've enabled an administrative option for our partners to allow them to input whatever HTML content they'd like, which will be copied with the widget via it's embed code, as it moves from one network to the next. This is a great way to add to the branding of the widget, and also allows for an SEO opportunity.
Regular Expression Blacklisting - Some of our media partners have indicated that they have a large number of sites that need to be blacklisted, and unfortunately typing all of them in would not be efficient enough. For this reason, we've allowed for administrators to disable widgets from appearing on sites via regular expressions.
Additional MXP Support - Initially, our MXP Flash Plugin for development only worked on Windows XP. With this latest release, the new version of the MXP will work with Windows Vista and with the Mac OS. If you've tried the MXP on those platforms previously, please make sure to try again with the latest version.

Of course we managed to sneak in a few bug fixes as well. As always, let us know what you think in our forums...

Monday, November 12, 2007

Lunch 2.0

We wanted to thank everyone for the awesome turnout at Lunch 2.0 this week. We have over 70 people attend in what is shaping up to be a growing San Diego web community. Thanks again - lets keep the momentum going with more and more social events to bring this community together!

A personal thanks to Andrew Warner and Edward O'Connor for organizing the event. You can see some of the pics from the event below...

http://www.lunch20.com/2007/11/08/san-diego-now-has-a-growing-lunch-20-community-too/

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Highlights on our latest partner widgets...

It's been a while since we've blogged about some of the widgets that our partners are creating, so we wanted to take this opportunity to do just that.

First, MTV has created a widget for their Virtual MTV site. This widget allows you to take part in the latest happenings, watch inline video content - and you can switch from one world to another with the click of a button.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/mtv/mini:vmtv6','vmtv','300','250','9.0.17.0','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","width=300&color=0&uri=yourminis/mtv/mini%3Avmtv6&skinnum=0&height=250&p=1&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('vmtv');
Next, for some comedy relief, check out the Comedy.com Daily Jokesters widget. The widget also plays inline video and allows you to navigate to your favorite type of humor, in a range of different categories.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/comedy/mini:comedy','comedy','310','260','8','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","height=250&width=300&xheight=260&xwidth=310&lasturl=&uri=yourminis%2Fcomedy%2Fmini%3Acomedy&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('comedy');
Make sure to check out the Film.com widget that brings you everything you need to know about movies and all things entertainment. The widget will cycle through the latest movies, the top 5, reviews and general movie news.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/real/mini:film','film','300','250','9.0.17.0','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","width=300&height=250&sbview=0&color=0&uri=yourminis/real/mini%3Afilm&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('film');
And if you're into reality TV, this Survivor widget from CBS is critical.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/CBS/mini:survivor','survivor','300','400','9.0.17.0','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","width=300&height=400&color=0&uri=yourminis/CBS/mini%3Asurvivor&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('survivor');
Now that baseball season is over, make sure to track your Football teams with this widget from Fantasy Control.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/fantasycontrol/mini:fantasyfootball','ffootball','385','370','9.0.17.0','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","width=385&fullView=1&height=370&color=1509376&uri=yourminis/fantasycontrol/mini%3Afantasyfootball&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('ffootball');
Finally, check out the AOL MovieFone widget for the upcoming movies, items playing in theaters, showtimes and more.

var so = new SWFObject('http://www.yourminis.com/Dir/GetContainer.api?uri=yourminis/AOL/mini:moviefone','moviefone','300','250','9.0.17.0','#f');so.addVariable("FlashVars","width=300&height=250&color=13356990&uri=yourminis/AOL/mini%3Amoviefone&");so.addParam("wmode","transparent");so.addParam("allowScriptAccess","always");so.useExpressInstall('http://ct.yourminis.com/swfs/expressinstall.swf');so.write('moviefone');
Enjoy!