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Developers

What makes a valid UWA widget?

In order for your widget to word properly with the UWA environment, it has to answer strictly to the following rules.

  • It MUST be well-formed XML
  • It MUST be UTF-8 encoded
  • It MUST use JavaScript/Ajax to send/receive data
  • It MUST place the JavaScript code in the HEAD section of the HTML file
  • It SHOULD work both inline and in an IFRAME
  • It SHOULD make use of a legal or personnal Web service/API
  • It SHOULD be a static file - no server side scripting

Additionnaly, if you intend to test your module outside the Netvibes environment, it MUST make use of the following JavaScript and CSS emulation files:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 
  href="http://www.netvibes.com/themes/uwa/style.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" 
  src="http://www.netvibes.com/js/UWA/load.js.php?env=Standalone"></script>

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