[FX.php List] Screenshot of widget

Thu Feb 15 10:14:25 MST 2007

OK, here's what I've gotten to so far with creating a Dashboard  
widget; it's not ready for prime-time quite yet so that's why I  
hadn't posted anything, but this actually works, so maybe someone can  
help me with the last step:

I took an existing widget that displays some HTML and replaced the  
existing HTML file with my own. The contents of my HTML file are just  
this:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;url=http://xxxxxxxxxxxx/ 
titans.php">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
</BODY>
</HTML>

Next I created my simple PHP query, which is "titans.php;" it queries  
a database, pulls in the game dates, opponents, scores, and outcome.  
If the outcome is a win, the table colors the W or L with red rather  
than black.

This all works great; however, there's a lot left to be done:

1) I don't know how to embed this HTML output in a scrolling widget,  
which is what most of us would want to use so that widgets don't have  
to be large.
2) I haven't done anything yet with the Javascript that allows you to  
click on the "i" button and flip the widget to the back side.

I like the idea of using the redirect since it keeps the query on the  
web server where it belongs, and makes it safe to distribute a widget  
like a game score widget or others without fear of disclosing any  
sensitive data like a database password and such.

There may be another way to get to the data rather than using a META- 
redirect, but this seems to work so far.

Here's a screenshot; notice the table takes up the entire size of the  
widget, since I haven't spent the time yet to figure out how to embed  
my HTML in a nice window or better, a scrolling control.

Bob Patin
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