Tutorial for
using my Zazzlit Gadget for profit
Part two:
Getting stuck in—using it in anger
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This is the
gadget at work showing the most popular gear across the
whole of
Zazzle, tagged or with the text "kids".
It checks for popularity in the last 30 days and is
showing 100 (the
maximum) items.
Note that this gadget was created using
the
second method
Starting point
Likely you'll have already installed the gadget on
your site / blog and want to find out more about using it. If you
haven't done that yet, you can follow the
instructions here. Should be
a 5-10min
job, or 3 if you're really quick!
Examples
Here are a number of scenarios with examples. In
each case I give you the url to use. You can check it's pulling the
right items from Zazzle by pasting it into your browser's address
bar.
John and his steam trains
John likes steam trains and wants the followers of
his blog to see the top ten as given by the popularity in the
last 7 days.
Here's the Zazzle rss search he uses:
Getting the code...
Copy the above rss search (in the box), follow this link and paste it in. Once
you've completed the rest of these
steps you can close
the new tab/window that opens. Note
that you should
always change my associate id (in bold) to your own.
No, you won't see the feed contents being
generated while you're doing this—at least, I don't. But that
doesn't matter for now because what you're after is the javascript it
generates. Later I'll show you how
to
take a shortcut around
this—as
long as you're brave :)
Change the width and height to what you
want—I tend to use 200 and 240 (or 200 and 434, to show two
at
a
time). Choose the border you want.
Yes, I know it's limited but don't get me
started! The last step is to give a colour code for the box that
separates one
item
from the next. It's in the usual RGB colour codes, comma separted
(white is 255,255,255)
Finally click "get the code" and you have the
javascript to
paste into your webpage or your blogger blog. Other blogs and social
sites will probably work,
too—as long as they let you paste in some html/javascript.
You are on page 3. Next page: More
examples and a couple of 'gotcha's
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