How to Create your Own RSS google Gadget

Today i will show you how to make your own Google Gadget using RSS. You will need a rss feed and a place to host your gadget.

1. The first step is to download the Google Desktop Application and install it.
2. Then download the SDK
3. Then open the RSS file and copy the RSS folder found in api/samples/gadgets/rss
4. Then open the RSS folder and open the gadget.gmanifest. Then you will see a confirmation and press ok
5. Now you will see a demo of the RSS gadget
6. Now open editme/config_constants.js with a Codeing program.(i use PHP Designer, its free)
7. And edit
   var CONFIG_FEED_URL = ‘http://googledesktopapis.blogspot.com/atom.xml’;
8. Change it to your own RSS feed
9. Now open gadget.gmanifest with a coding program
10. Now genrate your own uuid. (here is one on the internet)
11. Then update other things like <author>,
    <authorWebsite>,
    <copyright>, and
    <authorEmail>.
12. Then save and open en/stings.xml
    
13. You can edit all the fields

    												<strings>
    	<GADGET_NAME>News from My Company</GADGET_NAME>
    	<GADGET_DESCRIPTION>Hear the latest news from My Company</GADGET_DESCRIPTION>
    	<GADGET_ABOUT_TEXT>News from My Company
    	Copyright 2007 Google Inc.
    	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
    	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    	Modifications copyright 2007 My Company
    	All Rights Reserved.
    	Keep up with the latest news about My Company.
    	To see a news release's full text, just click its headline.
    	For more information about My Company, go to http://example.com.
    	</GADGET_ABOUT_TEXT>
    	...
    	<TITLE_TEXT>My Company News</TITLE_TEXT>
    	</strings>
    	

14. Then save
15. If you want to add a logo save it in the default folder as icon_large.png and
    icon_small.png
16. If you want to change the background color open up default/theme_config.xml and edit the <entryHoverBkg> field
    >
17. Change the middle portion
    <entryHoverBkg>#e2fcbc</entryHoverBkg>
18. Then save
19. Make the folder and change the extention to .gg
20. then open it and see if it works
21. And finally submit it