A JavaScript Include

This is probably the preferred way to include quotes on your own site, as it gives you more freedom to style them however you'd like so they can match your existing design and layout. To use this method, simply include something like this in your Web page code wherever you want the quotes to show up:

<script src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget.js?url=members/wheaties.rss" type="text/javascript"></script>

Nice, short, and sweet, right? Later on I will show you how you can customize what you get.

An IFrame

If you don't really care about your quotes fitting into your existing layout and design, the iframe might be for you--it will look pretty similar to QuoteBoards itself. To use this method, do something like this:

<iframe src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget/?url=members/wheaties.rss" style="height: 500px; width: 500px; border: none"></iframe>

Customizing Your Quotes

Obviously, you probably don't want to have my quotes showing up on your site, right? You have many ways of customizing what quotes you get using the url parameter. There are also several other parameters that you can use. All parameters need to be separated by an ampersand (&).

• url: This is how you can determine which quotes you'll see. It's the only required parameter. Here are some options for the url parameter.
  • quotes.rss: This will pull in quotes from any and all member QuoteBoards
  • tags/[tag].rss: This will limit the quotes to any quotes that have been tagged with [tag] (replace [tag] with an actual tag; example: tags/love.rss)
  • members/[member name].rss: This will limit the quotes to any quotes that were added by [member name] (replace [member name] with an actual member's name; example: members/wheaties.rss)
  • speaker/[speaker name].rss: This will limit the quotes to any quotes by [speaker name] (replace [speaker name] with an actual name; example: speaker/C.S. Lewis.rss)
• notitle: Set this to true if you don't want a title included with your quotes. Example: notitle=true.
• nodesc: Set this to true if you don't want a description to be included with your quotes. Example: nodesc=true.
• random: Set this to true if you want the quotes to be random. Example: random=true.
• count: The number of quotes you want to show. Example: count=1.

More Examples

To wrap this all up, I will share a few more examples:

JavaScript: 1 Random Quote From My Quotes, No Title/Description

<script src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget.js?url=members/wheaties.rss&random=true&count=1&notitle=true&nodesc=true" type="text/javascript"></script>

IFrame: 1 Random Quote From My Quotes, No Title/Description

<iframe src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget/?url=members/wheaties.rss&random=true&count=1&notitle=true&nodesc=true" style="height: 500px; width: 500px; border: none"></iframe>

JavaScript: 2 Random Quotes From C.S. Lewis

<script src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget.js?url=speaker/C.S. Lewis.rss&random=true&count=2" type="text/javascript"></script>

IFrame: 2 Random Quotes From C.S. Lewis

<iframe src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget/?url=speaker/C.S. Lewis.rss&random=true&count=2" style="height: 500px; width: 500px; border: none"></iframe>

JavaScript: 5 Quotes Most Recently Added And Tagged 'education'

<script src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget.js?url=tags/education.rss&count=5" type="text/javascript"></script>

IFrame: 5 Quotes Most Recently Added And Tagged 'education'

<iframe src="http://www.quoteboards.org/feeds/gadget/?url=tags/education.rss&count=5" style="height: 500px; width: 500px; border: none"></iframe>

Please comment if you have any questions or problems!!