{"id":10135,"date":"2009-12-08T21:09:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=10135"},"modified":"2020-03-30T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T10:13:28","slug":"embed-little-known-widgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2009\/12\/embed-little-known-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Little Known Widgets to Customize and Embed on Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em>It is always good to give your site readers something they can enjoy themselves with. Getting creative with what you offer your blog followers to spend some time with is essential: this way you encourage them to share your content and promote your site.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 3 little known tools that allow you to create, customize and embed widgets to grow your site popularity:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Create a (Sliding) Puzzle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>ProProfs.com<\/strong> is a free online tool that allows to create various brain games and embed them to your blogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps: <\/strong><br \/>\n1. Register at the site;<br \/>\n2. Go to &#8220;Sliding puzzles&#8221; section of the site and click &#8220;<em>Create a Sliding Puzzle<\/em>&#8220;;<br \/>\n3. Provide an image by searching Google, entering a direct image URL or uploading from your computer:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ProProfs: create sliding puzzle\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2614\/4156435622_42e997de24_o.jpg\" width=\"363\" height=\"479\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n4. Provide the puzzle title, description, name and the difficulty level.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Countdown Widget<\/h3>\n<p><strong>CountDown2Zero.com <\/strong>allows you to create a cool-looking, fully customizable widget counting time down to the event you are looking forward to:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Go to the site (no registration required) and click &#8220;<em>Create Your Countdown!<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\n2. Provide the following details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event you are waiting for;<\/li>\n<li>Widget description and tags;<\/li>\n<li>Your moniker and email;<\/li>\n<li>Your time zone;<\/li>\n<li>End of countdown (time and date);<\/li>\n<li>The widget color (two if you want a gradient color).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Countdown widget\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2704\/4155682209_2dcb352535_o.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>3. Flickr or Picasa SlideShow<\/h3>\n<p><strong>PictoBrowser.com<\/strong> is a fun web app that lets you create a slideshow of any Flick or Picasa member&#8217;s photo:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Enter your (or any other user&#8217;s) Flickr Username.<br \/>\n2. Select images by tags, groups and sets.<br \/>\n3. Customize the display elements of the slideshow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image alignment;<\/li>\n<li>Player width and height;<\/li>\n<li>Background color; etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PictoBrowser\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2551\/4156443398_b059c39f54_o.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"312\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you aware of any other less known widgets you can embed to your blog to entertain your readers?<\/p>\n<p><em>The guest post is by Ann Smarty\u00a0at\u00a0seosmarty.com, an SEO consultant and social media power user. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/guest-blogging\/\">write a guest article<\/a> and share your favorite tools.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is always good to give your site readers something they can enjoy themselves with. 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