book of shadows desktop widget

Id like to make a book of shadows desktop widget, basically everyday the page will turn and a new spell will be present,

is this possible? and what program would I need, and is it a widget or a desktop gadget?

I will probably need help with coding too..... im looking your way eve.....<3

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is it also possible to have animations on each page when its opened as well....?

i personally dont care if it takes me a year to make....its something id love on my desktop.

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ooooh.... sounds cool! You would need DesktopX for this Kitty, and if you wanted it to be a gadget you would need DX Pro. Gadgets are standalone apps that don't need DX installed, and widgets DO need DX to be installed (but not actually running). I think I'm right in this.....o_O

It all sounds a bit difficult to me, but I'm sure Eve will tell you whether it's possible........

Good Luck with it. B[]

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I've been away from DX for awhile but I would think the best way to do it would be to use a calendar object/widget as the base and simply change the graphic states.

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ahhhh very cool! thanks for that phoon and Bry.. ill look into it. xxxxx

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ooooh.... sounds cool! You would need DesktopX for this Kitty, and if you wanted it to be a gadget you would need DX Pro. Gadgets are standalone apps that don't need DX installed, and widgets DO need DX to be installed (but not actually running). I think I'm right in this.....
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You are correct....sounds awesome!!

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sounds awesome!!
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To put it mildly. I would so love to see that. Good luck with it Kitty.

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what about the program desktop gadgets i have that ...does that mean anything? or do i need desktop pro. ill buy it next fortnight if i need it.

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Quoting Vampothika, reply 7
what about the program desktop gadgets i have that ...does that mean anything? or do i need desktop pro. ill buy it next fortnight if i need it.
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No Desktop Gadgets is something else. You will need DX Pro, if you want Gadgets.

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okay no worries, ill get dx pro.

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Cast a spell on Koop, he might send you DX Pro....... B[]

I'd heard you were a bit of a Bitch  er........ Witch. :grin: :rofl: |-)

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omg you will pay for that! i hear you like boney m Bry............*_*

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You don't scare me...............:cylon:

 

(Although Boney M ARE quite scary!!)  8(|

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Sounds similar to the word-a-day widget. Definitely seems possible, as far as displaying a different spell every day and animations, etc.. I think the more complicated part is where you get the spells from. Are you pulling them from a website, or writing them up yourself?

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nah just making them up myself

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Could work like the "Wanda" widget in Winstep. Each time it's clicked it gives a different "answer".

Here's a Codex of Wordpress Widgets: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Widgets

Or, I went searching and found a verse-o-matic type of plug-in.... looks adaptable... hope it works for you.

http://butlerblog.com/verse-o-matic/

Otherwise, you'll be doing this....

Look here

 

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https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktopx_widgets/233/
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I was just poking around the javascript for the above referenced widgit.  It's really well done for what it does.  Simple, efficient.  I've forgotten how much I love DX and what it can/could do.

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wow awsome links, ill be purchasing dx pro next payday and will get cracking on this....we need more fun stuff by the looks of things \o/

and zu....that aluminati gizmo really is cool!!

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Thank you Arileen Design. Thought I was seeing things.

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I did something close to this with a radio widget. It was a Christian station I linked it to and it would display Bible verses in it's main window and I could adjust the frequency with which they changed.

Still, nothing beats my iZuba-Meter! With inspirational messages from the man himself.

*Yes, it is an actual widget and working.

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Quoting PoSmedley, reply 23

Still, nothing beats my iZuba-Meter! With inspirational messages from the man himself.
*Yes, it is an actual widget and working.
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Please submit or send.  I will be happy to provide input for you to output. Better yet . . we'll modify it to pull data from a locatione we can update,  :)

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That would be really cool. lol