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How to Add a Members Google Gadget

Want to show off how many followers or members your web site has? The perfect tool for this job, is the members gadget from the Google Connect service. It shows a grid of photos for each web site visitor who considers themselves a, “member” of your online service.

So, where do we begin?

If you need help getting started with Google Friend Connect, check out our setup guide.

The first step would be to go to the Google Friend Connect page, and then click on the “Add the members gadget” link.

Setting up your Members Gadget

On the Members page, you can choose how you want your specific gadget to look and feel. You can setup the size, colors and then grab the HTML code you will need to copy and paste into your web site template or layout.

Remember: Adjust the width and height here so that the gadget fits within your page. Members gadgets can be as narrow as 200 pixels, and have as few as 2 rows of faces.

Once you get it on your web site, your web site visitors can use this new web site tool to count themselves as a follower of your web site.

Make it easy for users to join your site and meet other users. Add this members gadget to your own Lunarpages web hosting account today, and add a little more interactivity to your own web site.

How to Add a Members Google Gadget

So, where do we begin?

If you need help getting started with Google Friend Connect, check out our setup guide.

The first step would be to go to the Google Friend Connect page, and then click on the “Add the members gadget” link.

Setting up your Members Gadget

Remember: Adjust the width and height here so that the gadget fits within your page. Members gadgets can be as narrow as 200 pixels, and have as few as 2 rows of faces.

Once you get it on your web site, your web site visitors can use this new web site tool to count themselves as a follower of your web site.

Make it easy for users to join your site and meet other users. Add this members gadget to your own Lunarpages web hosting account today, and add a little more interactivity to your own web site.

Another Way to Embed Twitter Content

I have shown you in the past how to promote yourself with a twitter search widget, but now I have found another solution to get the same task done. If you are a user of HootSuite, you can now create embeddable columns that you can then take from your HootSuite account and embed via your own web site.

This tutorial from their web site explains the basics on how to get it done:

I have given thought to creating a Twitter landing page here on the Lunartics blog, so (as an example) this would be a great way to feature content from @lunarpages, or show who’s talking about Lunarpages, or… well, the possibilities are really endless.