Label Sphere will be removed

I will be removing the Label Sphere from the Blogger Gadgets list on April 5th. This may break the Label Sphere on your blog. If you want to keep using the Label Sphere then read on.

If you have manually added the latest gadget using the url http://alexdioso.github.com/LabelSphere/LabelSphere.xml then you don't have to do anything.

If you have not manually added (or don't know) then you probably added the Label Sphere using the Gadgets list. To keep using the Label Sphere:

1. Remove the current Label Sphere on your blog.
2. Click on "Add a Gadget".
3. In the "Add a Gadget" window that opens:
1. In the left column, click "Add your own".
2. Enter the url:  http://alexdioso.github.com/LabelSphere/LabelSphere.xml
3. Click "Add by URL".

Update to Label Sphere

I've finally had some free time to work on the Label Sphere. The new version should correctly color the labels according to your blog's color scheme on Chrome, Firefox, and IE 8. The new version has not been added to the Blogger gallery yet, but when it does get added I will post an update. To use the new version, add a new gadget to your blog, select "Add your own" and use the following URL

http://alexdioso.github.com/LabelSphere/LabelSphere.xml

I've also released the gadget under the GPL here

https://github.com/alexdioso/LabelSphere

Label Sphere

My first Google Gadget is at the top of the left column of my blog. I've seen label clouds around and they all used flash so I decided to write one in JavaScript. I figured it would be a good learning experience. This gadget uses JavaScript and jQuery to rotate divs around a single point. Depth is represented by changing the font size and opacity. You can add my gadget to your blogger layout by adding a new gadget and searching for either "Alex Dioso" or "Label Sphere".

I've also updated my .vimrc for use with JavaScript.