Google Gadgets on your SharePoint site

Everyone is aware of Google Gadgets, little bits of code that offer functionality such as a calendar, weather, games, and many other options. You may even know that you can add these gadgets to your own site by simply pasting the HTML into your site. Did you know that you can easily allow end users of your SharePoint site to add Google Gadgets to SharePoint?

With the Content Editor Web Part you can add HTML and Javascript code that will then be embedded into the page. This allows end users to easily add content such as a Google Gadget to your SharePoint site. To see how easy it is simply follow these steps:

1. Determine the page that you want to add a Google Gadget to.

2. Put the page in edit mode and add a web part to an existing web part zone. Under Miscellaneous in the Add Web Parts dialog, select Content Editor Web Part.

3. Go to Google Gadgets and pick the gadget that you want to add. Customize it if those options are available and then click on the Get the Code button.

4. Paste the code into the Content Editor Web Part by clicking on Edit -> Modify Shared Web Part. The editor pane will show up on the right hand side of the page.

5. Click on the Source Editor button and paste the code into the dialog box that appears.

6. Click the Save button and notice your Google Gadget on your page.

It's that easy. One thing to keep in mind is that your users will probably be so pleased at how easy it is to add content like this that they will start adding stuff that could be negative to the business environment.