My OperaMy First Widget!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:04:27 PM
UPDATE: Opera.com is now hosting my widget! Click here.
I'm not sure what possessed me, but I decided yesterday to sit down and write my own widget for Opera. And since it was my virgin attempt, I decided to do something easy: A front-end for Google Blog Search (BETA). While I'm sure there's probably 100 easier ways to access the service, the fact that I created something that actually works has left me proud. You can download it here.
For a widget that took 30 minutes to write, the biggest hurdle I faced was finding hosting. I've submitted the widget to Opera's 1st-party widget site but still haven't gotten a response. The workaround? I registered for a free shell account at BShellz, created a directory named public_html to house my widget, and uploaded the little bugger with a .zip extension. After that I made a file called .htaccess and put the following code into it:
As you can see, it seems to work fine!
I'm not sure what possessed me, but I decided yesterday to sit down and write my own widget for Opera. And since it was my virgin attempt, I decided to do something easy: A front-end for Google Blog Search (BETA). While I'm sure there's probably 100 easier ways to access the service, the fact that I created something that actually works has left me proud. You can download it here.
For a widget that took 30 minutes to write, the biggest hurdle I faced was finding hosting. I've submitted the widget to Opera's 1st-party widget site but still haven't gotten a response. The workaround? I registered for a free shell account at BShellz, created a directory named public_html to house my widget, and uploaded the little bugger with a .zip extension. After that I made a file called .htaccess and put the following code into it:
AddType application/x-opera-widgets .zip
As you can see, it seems to work fine!
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