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Dress up your iGoogle with custom skins
Some of the skins change the graphic behind the search bar at the top of your page and not much else, while others give your entire page a new look. Future version of the gadget will include a built-in skin editor.
[via Google Blogoscoped]
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Subscribe to commentsAskTheAdminJul 19th 2007 1:37PM
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genomJul 19th 2007 2:05PM
how to remove? Your gadget shows up 2 times on my igoogle. Can't move it, can't remove it. after a reload everything is back again.
Matt KruseJul 19th 2007 2:24PM
Another option for skinning your iGoogle is to add my gadget:
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/gadget/skin/skin.xml
The goal of this gadget is to allow for much more customization of the page and better use of available space, not necessarily just to add pretty pictures behind the iGoogle search bar.
My gadget offers many more options (at the moment) but right now doesn't offer the ability to add/read from a directory of gadgets. I intend to do this as well.
RobertJul 19th 2007 3:51PM
can someone explain the warning before you activate the module? something about giving the author access to the cookies and whatnot?
thanks!
Matt KruseJul 20th 2007 9:38AM
The warning is because the gadget must be "inlined" meaning embedded on the page rather than in a separate iframe. So if the gadget contains javascript, for example, it could access your google cookies and even change them if it was programmed to do so. I know of no malicious gadgets to date, but it's possible, so Google warns you about it first. You can always look at the XML/JS/CSS of the gadget to verify for yourself that there is nothing bad in there.
Jerry LeDouxSep 19th 2007 5:15PM
My entire iGoogle home page is messed up in both IE7 and Firefox on two different computers. I'm thinking is got to be the skins gadget. I can't disable it though, since I have no button to close the gadget. I tried catching the original page before the skin loaded, but that doesn't work. I've got weird messages at the top of the page, the layout is gone, and the gadges have all loaded strangely. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!