Today Six Apart launched the
TypePad Widget Gallery, which
is full of "blog widgets," or little modules you can add to your TypePad blog's sidebar that do things like
display your Pandora stations, Squidoo lenses, or Rollyo searches. Until now, customizations like this for TypePad were
only possible by hand-editing HTML templates, but widgets can be quickly installed with a few clicks. The gallery isn't
terribly robust just yet, but
according to TechCrunch's Ouriel
Ohayon Six Apart is planning on opening up their API to third-party developers. As Ohayon points out, this launch
comes very shortly after the WordPress team announced
WordPress
Widgets for Six Apart's primary free competitor.
Tags: blogging, blogs, commercial, movabletype, sixapart, typepad, widgets, wordpress
