Comments on: MyBlogLogSpace? A widget hack. http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack wanderings and wonderings of stan james Fri, 18 May 2012 08:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: leafar http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-32 leafar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-32 Marvellous. Geeking can be so great. Marvellous.
Geeking can be so great.

]]> By: David Henderson http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-33 David Henderson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-33 Go Stan go! This is very cool. Have you checked out: http://www.trakzor.com I've been playing with a bunch of the myspace 3rd party widgets... I agree widgets are HUGE! www.myspace.com/davidhendersonkirk95 www.myspace.com/hendersonbrothersband This is part of the magic of MySpace - the dev community! I wish I was Geekier and could tweak this stuff. Go Stan go! This is very cool.

Have you checked out:
http://www.trakzor.com

I’ve been playing with a bunch of the myspace 3rd party widgets…

I agree widgets are HUGE!

http://www.myspace.com/davidhendersonkirk95
http://www.myspace.com/hendersonbrothersband

This is part of the magic of MySpace – the dev community!

I wish I was Geekier and could tweak this stuff.

]]> By: stan http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-34 stan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-34 Trakzor has the right idea, but since it doesn't give any candy to the <em>viewer</em> of the page, I don't think it will really catch on. The beauty of MyBlogLog is that everyone visiting the page can see the action. And if they're not registered, they feel like they are missing out on the party. There's an interesting tension mounting between RSS readers (where Widgets cannot tread, but your feeds are all in one place) and the blogs themselves. (See <a href="http://www.negativemargins.com/2006/11/29/widgets-vs-rss-and-feed-readers/">Andy's post</a> on this. Trakzor has the right idea, but since it doesn’t give any candy to the viewer of the page, I don’t think it will really catch on. The beauty of MyBlogLog is that everyone visiting the page can see the action. And if they’re not registered, they feel like they are missing out on the party.

There’s an interesting tension mounting between RSS readers (where Widgets cannot tread, but your feeds are all in one place) and the blogs themselves. (See Andy’s post on this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-40 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-40 There is a better IMHO product out there called http://www.whooiz.com/ It has a recent visitors blog widget and also a profile widget that will allow you to inject your whooiz.com profile into your blog. The only thing I dont about it is that they don't give you enough space for multiple website or blog. Anyway I think wHooiz.com is generally a great site and the customer service is very responsive. There is a better IMHO product out there called http://www.whooiz.com/

It has a recent visitors blog widget and also a profile widget that will allow you to inject your whooiz.com profile into your blog.

The only thing I dont about it is that they don’t give you enough space for multiple website or blog.

Anyway I think wHooiz.com is generally a great site and the customer service is very responsive.

]]> By: ANDY RITO http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-43 ANDY RITO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-43 WHY WONT YOU LEAT ME ON MYSPACE. WHY WONT YOU LEAT ME ON MYSPACE.

]]> By: stan http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-44 stan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-44 Sorry Andy, I don't even know who you are on MySpace. Sorry Andy, I don’t even know who you are on MySpace.

]]> By: Andy http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-48 Andy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-48 Does anybody know how MBL identifies me (an MBL member) on a website that uses the MBL widget? From my understanding they need to read the MBL cookie and check if I am a MBL member or not. Or am I wrong? This is cross browser cookie code - I tried to code somthing like this by using an image or a stylesheet but it will not work on IE - because it blocks reading cookies from other domains. Anybody an idea how they done it`? -Andy Does anybody know how MBL identifies me (an MBL member) on a website that uses the MBL widget? From my understanding they need to read the MBL cookie and check if I am a MBL member or not. Or am I wrong? This is cross browser cookie code – I tried to code somthing like this by using an image or a stylesheet but it will not work on IE – because it blocks reading cookies from other domains.
Anybody an idea how they done it`?
-Andy

]]> By: stan http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-49 stan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-49 Hi Andy, It's pretty simple really. The MBL widget is an <strong>external javascript</strong> file pulled from <tt>mybloglog.com</tt>. So when the MBL server serves up this file, it has access to any cookies for the <tt>mybloglog.com</tt> domain. Your MBL cookie is from <strong>that</strong> domain--not your website domain. -stan Hi Andy,
It’s pretty simple really. The MBL widget is an external javascript file pulled from mybloglog.com. So when the MBL server serves up this file, it has access to any cookies for the mybloglog.com domain. Your MBL cookie is from that domain–not your website domain.
-stan

]]> By: Andy http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-50 Andy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-50 Hi Stan, no - thats not working on IE - due to security restrictions. You can't access a third party cookie this way :( -andy Hi Stan, no – thats not working on IE – due to security restrictions. You can’t access a third party cookie this way :(
-andy

]]> By: stan http://wanderingstan.com/2006-11-29/mybloglogspace_a_widget_hack/comment-page-1#comment-51 stan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-51 I'm not sure what it is you're trying to do. Are *you* trying to get access to the MBL cookie? Because that is exactly what the security restrictions are there to prevent. Your code (coming from your domain) has no access to the MBL cookie. However, your code *can* include the javascript file from MBL, and the contents of this file will be changed by the MBL server based on the MBL cookie you have. If you have more questions, why don't you email me? I’m not sure what it is you’re trying to do. Are *you* trying to get access to the MBL cookie? Because that is exactly what the security restrictions are there to prevent. Your code (coming from your domain) has no access to the MBL cookie. However, your code *can* include the javascript file from MBL, and the contents of this file will be changed by the MBL server based on the MBL cookie you have.

If you have more questions, why don’t you email me?

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