Widgetmatic 600 Series

The Widgetmatic 600 series is a widget content management, syndication and distribution platform.

Features and Benefits (See Complete List)

• Standards based: Widgets use a standard XML-driven format we can be “consumed” by all of Metablock’s standard (Widgetmatic 100, 200, and 500 series) and custom widgets. Clients can even develop their own custom widgets based on the Widgetmatic Widget XML Format (WXF).
• Dynamic Content: The platform supports dynamic content. Client can update widget content and tabs as frequently they want. The platform also support geography-drive content targeting.
• Easily Scalable: The same platform can support 1000’s of artists/bands, movies or TV shows, each as a dynamically generated XML-based feed that
• Content Sharing and Reuse: Widgets can share common content create by the Client.
• Tracking Support: The widget platform comes with both front and back-end tracking and support multiple tracking systems and mechanisms. Clients to choose to use Gigya, Clearspring, Google Analytics or Omniture for front-end tracking and Google Analytics, Omniture, Metablocks Tracking or their own custom tracking systems.
• Widget Sharing: The Widgetmatic 600 series supports Clearspring, Gigya and custom widget sharing options depending on a Clients needs. Sharing mechanisms can be changed dynamically allowing clients to switch form one option to another on the fly.
• Built-in Security: Built in security prevents a widget or widget content from being improperly used. Clients can immediately shut down rogue widgets. Widgets can also be setup to only run on certain domains, IP addresses or in certain geographies.
• Easily Extensible: The Widgetmatic 600 series can support almost any Flash object as widget content allowing widgets to be easily extensible. Widgematic Widget XML Format (WXF) also support custom XML extensions to support custom tabs and components.
• Multiple Language Support: Allows clients to deploy both English and foreign language (Spanish, French, i.e.) versions of their widget.
• Multiple Platform Support: The core widget engine comes with wrappers that allows it to be used and installed on the following web-based and desktop widget platforms:
  • Web (flash)
  • Yahoo!
  • Windows Vista
  • MacOS (in Beta)
  • Facebook Application
  • OpenSocial Application
  • Opera (in Alpha)
  • Netvibes
  • iGoogle
• Facebook and MySpace Support: Widgets can be made available and deployed as native Facebook and MySpace applications.

Core Functionality (See Complete List)

• Main Image Gallery: Support as many as 5 rotating graphics as the masthead for your widget.
• Optional Audio Track
• Optional Count Down Clock
  • Suitable for count downs to album release dates, TV series airing, concert dates, movie release date, ie
• Customizeable Size
• Configurable Colors and Fonts
• Configurable Tab Design

Tab Components (See Complete List)

• HTML/Text Tab: Supports text or HTML with a link for more information. Can be used to display messages, biographies, competition information, i.e.
• Scrolling Text Tab: Supports any amount of text and allows users to scroll up and down. Ideal for large amounts of content.
• Picture Gallery Tab: Scrollable picture gallery with unlimited photos, auto-resizing and photo caption support
• Link Tab: Can be used to link to any URL including artist website, store, iTunes,
  i.e.
• Video Player Tab: Supports any video in MP4 or FLV format.
• Audio Tracks Tab: Supports unlimited number of MP3 audio tracks
• Feed Tab: Supports news, RSS, event listing and Twitter feed
• Contact Form Tab: Can be used to enable users to send messages to the artist/band
• Newsletter or SMS Sign Tab: Allows users to sign up for newsletters or SMS messages by providing an email address or phone number
• Events Calendar Tab: Displays list of upcoming event information
• Yahoo! or Google Map Tab: Display a map that can be overlay with event or tour information