Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Add Any WebCam To iGoogle (Your Google Home Page)!

How to Add Your Google WebCam Module To Your iGoogle Personalized Home Page

To add your Google Webcam Gadget WITHOUT AUTO REFRESH click this button:

Add to Google


To add your Google Webcam Gadget WITH AUTO REFRESH click this button:

Add to Google


How to Configure Your Google WebCam Module

When yor Webcam Module has already been added to your iGoogle Personalized Home Page you must configure it to display your favorite webcam:

1. Click "Edit settings", (top right of your module).
2. "Module title": Write your Module Title.
3. "URL of your WebCam": Here you must type the URL of your favorite webcam [it MUST end with a jpg, gif, png, swf (...) file]. Here's how:
Go to your favorite webcam page (you have a list of sites at the right side of this page and a WebCam search box powered by Google), right click the webcam image, select "Copy image location" (or similar) and paste this link.
4. "Resize Height" and "Resize Width". You can leave the default values or resize your image to fit the window.
5. "Auto Refresh (seconds)". Set auto refresh in seconds; (10 seconds = default)
6. Click "Save".


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