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In which the widgets are set free

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We put a lot of care in our widgets. We conceived them, nurtured them, fed them the best and most precise data available. We’re very proud of how they came up and we dearly love every one of them.

It’s time, however, to set them free.

We’re happy to announce that any Ducksboard widget can now be embedded on any external site. It’s dead simple, too: open the widget’s Advanced Preferences, enable embedding and paste the generated HTML on your site. The widget will instantly become visible to anyone visiting your site and of course it will continue to update in real time.

Hear the sound of marching feet

Traditionally, the concept of dashboards was limited to a panel with widgets glued to it. That’s how traditional dashboards work and what we’re all used to. But the Web gives us the possibility to rip widgets free from the dashboard’s surface.

Want a widget here, another there and a smattering of widgets over on that side? Nothing simpler, it’s all a HTML snippet away. How about a Github Issues timeline on the sidebar of your blog? Maybe a Mailchimp subscribers counter if newsletters are your thing? Hey, why not add a Zendesk issues stream on that internal Jira wiki page of yours?

The widgets are closing in from all directions, you can hear their tiny feet clicking. Widgetification of the Web is coming and we’re at the forefront!

Sleep sound

We wouldn’t let our little fellows out in the wild without some security precautions, too. If you decide you’d like to stop sharing the widget, disable embedding and it will stop loading immediately. A secret key is created every time you enable embedding, so as long as you don’t share the generated HTML with anyone, you can rest assured that no one can embed your precious widget.

Gotta embed’em all!

By this point I’m sure all you’re thinking of is how to get a snuggly little widget on your page. Turns out it’s dead simple, just sign up for Ducksboard (any plan will do!) and create a widget. Enable embedding, copy and paste the HTML and you’re set.

And if you don’t want to take our word for it, observe the Twitter followers counter above and, if you’re so inclined, start following Ducksboard. The little guy will duly raise the number.

And that’s how the tale ends, please give our newly set free widgets a warm welcome to the world wide web!

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