Finding Widgets

Written by Shaun in bluepulse

A page similar to this was part of the former Bluepulse widget enthusiast site. Any links that you had pointing to it should have automatically redirected here. This page is maintained for reference only.

There are quite a few ways to find widgets via bpwidgets.com. Here are the primary ones:

  • You will find widgets via the Home page and the Find Widgets page.
  • You can view widgets by category on the BP-Widgets home page. These are not Bluepulse categories, but rather a traditional taxonomy for classifying information. The home page will list each category, and up to five random widgets in each category. Click a widget name to view details, or a category name to view all widgets in that category. The category list is generated every 12 hours.
  • Featured widgets are also listed on the home page. Several random, featured widgets will be listed here. This list is generated every 12 hours.
  • Via Find Widgets, you can view the most popular widgets: those widgets that have received the most ratings since they’ve been added to bpwidgets.com.
  • Via Find Widgets, you can view the most active widgets: those widgets that have received the most ratings recently.
  • Via Find Widgets, you can view the highest-ranked widgets: those widgets that have received the highest average rating since they’ve been added to bpwidgets. The minimum number of ratings required to make this list is periodically increased.
  • Via Find Widgets, you can view the latest widgets: those widgets that have been added to bpwidgets.com most recently.
  • You can perform a search for widgets via Find Widgets. The search will automatically suggest matching entries as you type in your query.
  • You can use the tag cloud on the Find Widgets page. The tag cloud lists the most popular tags used to describe widgets at bpwidgets.com. Click a tag name to view all of the widgets tagged with it. The larger the tag, the more widgets that have been tagged with that name.
  • You can also use the tag browser via Find Widgets. By selecting a tag letter, all tags with that first initial letter will be displayed. You can then click a tag name to view all widgets tagged with that name.
  • Know of a widget that’s not listed at bpwidgets.com? If it’s a recent entry (within the past day or so), it might not have been released from the approval queue yet. It’s also possible that the developer hasn’t listed the widget on bpwidgets.com. We require the widget owners to submit their widgets, rather than allowing third-party submissions. Let the developer know that you’d like to see them listed.

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