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iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage) was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal launched by Google in May 2005. It was discontinued on November 1, 2013 because the company believed the need for it had eroded over time.

From WIKI : iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage) was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal launched by Google in May 2005. It was discontinued on November 1, 2013, because the company believed the need for it had eroded over time. As of October 17, 2007, Google had made the service available in many localized versions in 42 languages, and in over 70 country domain-names. In February 2007, 7.1 million people used iGoogle. In April 2008, 20% of all visits to Google's homepage used iGoogle. On July 3, 2012, Google announced iGoogle would be discontinued on November 1, 2013.

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How to use draggable sections like on iGoogle?

When viewing iGoogle, each section is able to be drag-and-dropped to anywhere else on the page and then the state of the page is saved. I am curious on how this is done as I would like to provide this functionality as part of a proof of…
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Google currency converter API - will it shut down with iGoogle?

iGoogle is shutting down. There is an (undocumented?) currency conversion API available with URLs like: http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1GBP=?USD The base of this url - google.com/ig - takes you to iGoogle. Will the API be available…
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How to store the personalization setting of IGoogle component?

I use IGoogle component inettuts to make my portal more attractive and easy to use interface. The main problem I want to ask about is: How to store the personalization setting, to make it the default when the user logs into the application…
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Alternative to Google calculator API

I'm working on a webapp that for the last 2 years has used the unofficial API for Google Calculator like: http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q= Now that iGoogle has been closed last week (https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2664197)…
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How to create igoogle layout(drag & drop & store) using PHP and AJAX?

In igoogle, we can drag & drop the modules and then if we quit the browser and open it again, the position of each module still the same. I have tested couple of things: When not logged in, igoogle store the modules position in my cookies(cache).…
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Including a GMail sidebar gadget within an installable Google Marketplace listing

I would like to build an application that I can list on the Google Apps Marketplace so that organization administrators can install it with one-click. The application interacts with Google through a sidebar in Gmail. I've been able to start testing…
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iGoogle Gadget Checker throws error on for loop

I'm trying to put a for loop in my google gadget definition, but iGoogle Gadget Checker throws an error on a simple for loop. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I be using a different gadget validator?
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Where to submit Google Gadgets for Blogger?

I am a blogger user and I have seen a lot of useful gadgets in the Blogger gadget directory to integrate with my blog. Not too long ago I decided to write my own gadgets to integrate them with my blog. Throughout the Google Gadgets API docs I find…
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How can I write webparts that are as lightweight as the one by Google or Yahoo

I have been writing webparts for a while and have written couple of portals too but I feel that the portal pages and webparts that I write using .net framework are much more heavy and browser specific. Can some body guide me to write light weight…
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Framework for doing (Igoogle/Pageflakes/netvibes)-like application using Ruby on Rails

Anyone has any suggestions of a framework to help me create an Igoogle/pageflakes/netvibes like application using ruby on rails. I tried using apotomo for a few days, but couldn't make it work at all. If not possible to make using ruby on rails, do…
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Submit PHP form in OpenSocial gadget

I'm trying to implement an OpenSocial gadget for iGoogle. I'm writing my application in PHP and then "wrapping" it in an opensocial container using the XML gadget specification. If I run my PHP in a stand-alone page it works fine, in an iGoogle…
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JSON Get Request Google Currency Converter

I don't know if I am allowed to use this as I have seen absolutely no documentation, but I think I have found a little gem... http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=all&q=100GBP=?EUR returns {lhs: "100 British pounds",rhs: "124.243824 Euros",error:…
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How to force the script to be executed in specific place?

I have the following script :