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« on: November 10, 2007, 05:16:23 PM »

Hello all,

Just put a few hours into making a Google Gadget that can keep track of your Kiva investments. Please feel free to test it and feed me with commets and requests for changes.

Use the url: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/111554368565935516774/kiva.xml to add it to your iGoogle page (http://www.google.com/ig).

/Henrik
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« Reply To This #1 on: November 10, 2007, 05:39:00 PM »

Hi Hendrik,

Thanks for making this!   Thumbs Up
Since I've never even heard of iGoogle, could you tell us a little bit more about what this Google Gadget does?  Huh? Smiley

Oh, and a few tips on exactly how to add it might come in handy too!  Shocked  Undecided Laugh
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« Reply To This #2 on: November 10, 2007, 06:38:24 PM »

Thank you Hendrik!   Thumbs Up

I got as far as the photo below...   I can't get any further.  Please give us more info.  Thanks for your effort!!!!!!!!

EDIT:  OH MY GOSH!!!


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« Reply To This #3 on: November 10, 2007, 07:02:57 PM »

Like it!!!!  Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up
but it's not storing my 'list'  or if you hit Enter it goofs up.  can you make it so we can type in our list, or show where to type the list of our loans?

Thank you!!!!!

EDIT!    It works, shows you the info below.  Just some extra stuff you have to do.  RichardF, if you'd like to meet in Chat I could try to walk you through it.  Otherwise, maybe someone will take the trouble to write directions.  (HMMM... I 'could' be that someone)  hmmmmm   football.....  tv...... be nice....  FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

p.s.  I think I have a new Home Page and it's called   IGOOGLE!!!!

EDIT AGAIN!      Henen254!!!!   THANK YOU!!!      Not sure how I'm going to use it, but wow, I like it.


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« Reply To This #4 on: November 10, 2007, 08:09:37 PM »

OK, I think this will work. (probably an easier way to do this, but I hope this works.)

as a thought, you can add TWO or more of these to your igoogle.com page, and have one for active, one for raised but not disbursed, and one for being funded, and one for oh, the hell of it.!   Laugh

First, you need an Igoogle Account.  Set this up at Igoogle.com

Go to “My Account”
Make sure your logged in

Goto :   http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/

Click “Google Gadgets Editor”

Half way down, you’ll see….  A box…  + add to Google
Click that

Click the big Blue “Add to Google”

This takes you to a google home page with a section called “Google Gadget Editor”

This is where you do stuff now…. In this box.

Pay Attention!!!!

Click “File”  then “Open from URL”
That opens a place at the bottom, insert the following:
    http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/111554368565935516774/kiva.xml

then click “Open”

Click “Publish”
Click “add to my IGoogle page”
Click the big “Add to my Igoogle”

Takes you to your page and you will see a box with the kiva logo in it.

Enter your loan numbers you’d like to track, and click the ‘add’  (it doesn’t highlight, but it works)

Your loan should show up.   

Do not keep entering them into the “Google Gadget Editor” as they don’t save there, use the new window that says:  KIVA Investments

Your welcome!  And thank you Henen254~~~!!!!!!!
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« Reply To This #5 on: November 10, 2007, 09:00:15 PM »

This looks very cool!!

Is there some way to bulk-load it if there are a lot of loans you want to track this way?

--Diane.
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« Reply To This #6 on: November 10, 2007, 09:12:05 PM »

I hope for that same option.   Henen254, if you could create one that we can cut and paste our downloaded KIVA loans into that would be very nice.  I could then use it on the KSC site for our loans.  I wish I didn't have to ask, but it took everything I've got to figure out how to install the gadget!!!

so, same gadget, just create a place with text  in the code:  Insert Column A loan numbers HERE at the appropriate place.   Thanks a bunch!
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« Reply To This #7 on: November 10, 2007, 10:58:43 PM »

Thanks for the tips Henry!  Smiley  Unfortunately, when I follow the steps, I can get the preview to work, but the "your gadget is located here" link says, "Google Error - Not Found
The requested URL /ig/gadgets/file/106309437357874882808/kiva.xml was not found on this server."  Shocked

It's truncating off the beginning of the url.  Cry

I suppose I probably wouldn't use it much anyway...  No Roll Eyes
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« Reply To This #8 on: November 10, 2007, 11:09:14 PM »

I bet your bad at crafts!  Laugh   that has to be a cut and paste error
I kind of like this igoogle thingie Henrick made.  Not sure if I will use it, I wish I could add a feature that would only show the loans that have updates for the current week or within the past 5 days, yet will search all of my loans. 

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« Reply To This #9 on: November 10, 2007, 11:14:35 PM »

Actually, I verified the complete url was in the "Open Gadget by URL" box 43 times, give or take!  Cheesy Laugh
Besides, if I pasted it wrong, the preview wouldn't show up, now would it?!!!  Cool
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