Steve Rogers

I have just looked at the statistics for the installation and use of my Smugmug slideshow widget "magONE" and I would just like to thank everyone for the comments I have recieved and the positive feedback I have had so far.

From Mar 08 when it was first released:

• To date the number of recorded installs: 100+
• The total number of impressions: 27,000+

And these are only from installations that have used the widget install tool , they do not include any custom code installations.

I had a play around with Wordpress at the weekend and more specifically how to create a Wordpress widget. As with most things when I learn something new I find it much easier to tackle the learning curve with a real task that will have an end result, rather than just read set of instructions.

So I searched around and found a very simple article on widget creation here:
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/02/15/how-to-create-a-wordpress-wid....

The next thing was to think of a real world project to use so I decided to generate a Widget that displays the latest ShoZu uploads using the ShoZu provided feed for a user.

I have set up my own Wordpress site here where I have now installed the widget and also set up a page with some install instructions and a download of the code.

Next step is to do the same thing for a Drupal Block.

I have just finished a customization request for iSixSigma who required a branded version of MagONE. You can find more details of this on my showcase site here.

"Steve is a fantastic business partner. His customized Smugmug Photo Gallery Widget adds fantastic visual appeal and great interest to our websites. It has a clean design and is a snap to implement. I'd recommend working with Steve and implementing his Widget to everyone."
-- Michael Cyger, Founder of iSixSigma.com