How To Add Google Gadgets in Joomla!
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Any Internet user will have a better experience by browsing an interactive website. You can make your own website more attractive by adding various applications like games, news or any other scripts that involve live interactions between the visitors and website pages. There are many free solutions
to add such applications to your website, like Google Gadgets.Google Gadgets are simple applications made with Javascript and HTML code that can be included in any website. If your website is driven by a content management system like Joomla!, Drupal or WordPress the integration of custom code into your web pages can be made directly or with specific add-ons. In the case of Joomla! CMS, many modules are available and they could be used to include various Google Gadgets into your website.
If you will select Joomla Mod PHP, it will allow you to integrate PHP, HTML, Javascript and CSS code to any available modules position inside your template. First, you must go to the Google Gadgets homepage to select the desired applications that you want to include in your website page(s). After you install Joomla Mod PHP, select its appropriate entry in the Module Manager page, paste the corresponding script for the chosen gadget and publish it in the desired free module position.