Installation And Review Of The Widgetbox Currency Converter
Everyone uses a currency converter from time to time. But no matter what your reason might be for using one, if you have a website that deals in currency or financial matters, you would do well to provide one for other people to use too.
Fortunately you can get one from a site called Widgetbox, and we’re going to take a look at the whole process from start to finish right here and now. And don’t worry if you haven’t done anything like this before, because Widgetbox makes the whole process nice and easy to follow.
The particular currency converter we are going to look at is on this page at Widgetbox – http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/currencycalculator. Once you are on this page you will be able to follow the whole process as we go through it below.
So first of all, what exactly is Widgetbox?
Widgetbox is a popular website which has thousands of different kinds of widgets available for you to use. You can put them on all kinds of sites and blogs, and there is a huge range to choose from.
For example, there are clocks, countdown clocks, games, quizzes and a lot more besides. And of course, currency converters are there too, including the one mentioned above.
There is no charge for using or downloading any of these widgets. All you need to do is browse through the various sections, search by tags or simply type what you are looking for into the search box which says ‘find widgets’. And if you want to build your own widget and share it with everyone else who uses the site, then of course you can do that too.
How does the currency converter work?
The process is very simple. All you do is type in the amount you have to change into another currency in the first box on the converter.
Once that bit is done, you need to select the two currencies you are going to work with. The first currency is the one your amount is in at the moment, and the second one is the one that you will be converting it into.
All you need to do then is to hit the convert button and your conversion figures will appear underneath, in green type. That is literally all there is to it – so if you have a website where people will want to know various exchange rates then you should definitely install this little widget to help them out.
How do I install it on my site?
Firstly you will need to sign up to the site – but don’t worry, it’s free and extremely easy to do. Just fill in the sign up box as indicated.
The next thing to do is to make doubly sure that the site you are going to install this currency converter widget onto supports Flash or Javascript. Once you’ve confirmed that this is the case, you can carry on with the installation.
There is minimal customisation possible with this particular widget, but you can choose either a graph background for your converter (the default mode), the graph filled choice, or simply leave it blank.
The next step is to select where your converter is going to appear. You’ve got a number of choices here – for example, if you have a blog on Blogger.com, you should select the Blogger logo and a small box will pop up.
All you have to do then is follow the on screen instructions that will guide you towards installing it on that particular website. For example, if you select the Blogger Post option, the box will pop up asking you for your log in details to access that site.
In another example, if you were to choose the Piczo option you would simply click on the Add Widget button in the pop up box. This would bring up the Piczo home page in another web page and you would log into your account before continuing with the installation.
Supposing I just want the basic embed code to install it on my own website or blog?
That’s not a problem either. All you need to do is to click on the big green ‘get widget’ button on the right hand side of the page.
Once you do this another box will appear in the middle of the screen. This will contain the code that you need to have for the currency converter to work properly.
All you need to do is copy and paste it into your website or blog, in the position that you want the currency converter to appear in. And that is literally all there is to it.
What if I want to install the currency converter on my own site, and put it on one of my social networking or blogging sites as well?
You would need to go through the process once for each different site you want to use it on. For example, if you wanted to put it on your own website and on your Blogger blog, you would get the appropriate code and go through the two relevant processes.
But if you had six different websites, all run by yourself, and you wanted to put the currency converter on all of them, then all you would have to do is use that same code on them all. You wouldn’t need anything different.
In conclusion
This currency converter can quickly and easily enhance any website or blog you may have. It should only take a few moments to install it, and because the size of the converter is quite small, it will fit easily onto any web page without taking over the appearance of it.
So if you have a few moments to spare, why not go straight to Widgetbox now and sign yourself in and have a go at installing it on your blog or website? You’ll be glad you did – and so will your visitors.
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