For instructions on inserting Widget code, see the bottom of the article Spice up your profile or blog with images, videos, and documents
I was chatting with Ronn BenHarav about extending his profile, and it seems that he’s not alone in recognizing the possibilities of the Profile/Blog/Blog Sidebar editor.Ronn was looking for a way to show off his photography using a better method than uploading and inserting each image into a long document.
Widgets, made popular by the modern blogging and social networking sites, allow users to insert pre-made or customizable boxes containing text or media from an external source onto a web page or desktop. For example, you can insert your local weather, a slide-show of your favorite images, your online calendar, or your blog posts from another site into your JobShuk profile.
Widgets allow publishers to spread their information and content to other users or websites without building advanced import technology into the containing site.
This concept is not particularly new and has been used by online advertising publishers for a long time, but the development has been simplified by the popularity of XML and high-speed Internet.
Widgets can be found at many locations, such as widgetbox, or the website where your content is located. You can turn your blog into a widget using widgetbox’s blidgets tool.
For Ronn, I suggested this site because the script is said to support his photo albums at Zenfolio, as well as PicasaWeb albums.
This site suggests the Top 10 web widgets.
Find the right widget for you and your business and start wowing potential clients!