All about using and developing Google Homepage Modules for software developers, hobbyists and general Google enthusiasts.
Official Documentation
If you have server-side development experience (PHP, ASP, etc.), you'll also be able to integrate that into your module if you want.
- Google Homepage API - Developer Guide
- The in-depth (such as it is) developer's guide.
- Google Homepage API Reference
- API reference.
- Google Homepage API - Overview
- The official starting point for Google homepage modules development.
- Google Homepage API - Developer FAQ
- FAQ
- Google Homepage API - Submit a Module
- Submitting your module for inclusion in the directory. This give the instructions for preparing your module for inclusion and the form to do so.
- Google Groups : Google - Personalized Homepage
- The online forum for discussing Google homepage modules development.
- Google Groups : Google Homepage API
- The primary newsgroup for the Google Homepage API. The developers at Google check this newsgroup regularly. It's a great resource.
Technorati: Google Modules
One way to learn about Google modules is to look at existing code. Here is a list of recent blogs tagged with "google modules" that might help you find what you need.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byOther Modules-Based Sites
Read my other lens (below) for details of the other personalizable homepages.
- Personalized Homepages on the Web
- My lens about personalizable homepages. a lot of style!
- Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook: Kudos to Flickr
- Do you want to add Flickr to your site, but you're not sure how to do it? Visit this page ...cut...
- Pageflakes
- Great modules-based home page.
Examples and Where to Find Existing Modules
- Personalize Your Homepage
- The official Google directory of homepage modules.
- Google Modules
- An unofficial collection of Google homepage modules.
Just a note from me personally: be careful with these. I don't recommend providing any personal info (email addresses, cell phone numbers, etc.) to any of these modules. You could be setting yourself up for a lot of spam. - Blake Schwendiman's Site: Modules
- The modules that I have developed listed on my own web site.
- My Modules
- These are the modules that I have developed: listed on the Google modules directory.
About Me
I thought it would be a nice thing to put all of this information into one place so other developers have a starting point.
The links below are about me personally.
- Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook
- This is my blog. The purpose of my blog is to evangelize my soon-to-be published novel, The Agency Delta and to be an outlet for the creative writer in me.
- Blake Schwendiman's Site
- An overview of me and my projects.
- Blake Schwendiman's Site: The Agency Delta
- Read my novel online. Read, share, pass along, comment, rave, rant... and hopefully enjoy.
Thanks!
Blake
Custom Modules
If I don't have time, I'll do what I can to help you get your module created.
Blake
blake.schwendiman@gmail.com
Books for Module Developers
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