StickiWidgets

We had some free time during lunch so we decided to whip up a quick feature for the Digitally Imported Widget. Version 3 is ready for download and includes the new “Randomize” feature. When selected, it will override the normal channel selection and randomly display a channel on each page load. Previously you could only select one channel to display at a time. This will give you and your visitors a way to explore all that DI has to offer and experience new music. The channel list was also updated. 4 new channels were added for a total of 31 DI and Sky Channels. On the list of things to do, add the ability to select a list of channels that will be used to randomize on. See the DI Widget page for details and the download.

The Digitally Imported and Stickam WordPress Sidebar Widgets have been updated. Both were updated with slight edits to the html output. Some unnecessary div blocks were removed. For the Stickam widget, additional output was added if rooms were empty or there were no active rooms. These 2 updates are completely optional and do not have any bug fixes. See the widget pages for change logs.

As you can tell, the entire site underwent a complete redesign. We felt the old design was a bit stale and the navigation was not user friendly. While the new design is still pretty plain, we like it more than the old one. The navigation has been improved significantly. Site navigation has been consolidated and moved to the top. External navigation has been moved to the bottom. And, widget demos are now also on the bottom. This should make the overall site navigation easier and put the more relevant information towards the top so there is less scrolling.

Also, we have cut down on the advertisements. Unfortunately, they are still a necessary part of supporting this site.

By request, we are making the Digitally Imported WordPress sidebar widget available to everyone. It was originally just a quick script that we wrote to support our favorite internet radio site and for our personal pleasure. The code is not elegant but it works. Please visit the Digitally Imported WordPress Sidebar Widget page for details.

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