You can add the GQueues Gadget to Google Calendar or your iGoogle homepage for quick access to your lists. View overdue and upcoming items at a glance and mark them complete right from the gadget.
In GQueues go to Settings and click on the iGoogle Gadget link.
A new window will open prompting you to add the gadget to iGoogle. Click Add to iGoogle.
The GQueues gadget now appears on your iGoogle page. Read Gadget Setup to finish the process.
In GQueues go the Settings and click on the Google Calendar Gadget link.
Your calendar will open in a new window prompting you to add the gadget. Click Yes, add this gadget.
The GQueues gadget now appears on your iGoogle page. Read Gadget Setup to finish the process.
Once you have added a gadget you must authorize it to access your GQueues account. To do so, in GQueues go to Settings and copy the the Private Key.
Go back to your gadget, paste the key into the box and click Save.
That's it! Now your gadgets will shows your tasks and you won't have to repeat the setup process unless you reset your private key.
Your Private Key is a unique set of characters and numbers that is tied to your GQueues account. The GQueues gadgets use this key to properly identify your account and pull down your tasks.
This key is meant to be kept private. If you give it to a friend, they can use it in a GQueues gadget to view your tasks and mark them complete.
If someone else gets access to your key that should not have it, you can protect your data by resetting the key.
This will disable all gadgets for your account and the new key must be entered to activate them again.
It is possible to embed the GQueues gadget on web pages created in Google Sites.
You can add it to a page using the following URL: http://www.gqueues.com/gadget
Settings are handled differently in Sites gadgets, so you must set the Private Key at the time you insert the gadget.
NOTE: If you share your Sites page with people or make it public, they will be able to view the items in the gadget AND mark them complete. Most likely you'll want to keep your Sites page with the gadget private, but if you want to share it heed this warning.
In order to use the calendar gadget with Google Apps you must ensure that pre-release features are enabled for you Apps domain.
To verify this setting, go to your Google Apps Administration Dashboard, Domain Settings and check the box for Enable pre-release features.
NOTE: It can take up to 24 hours for these features to become available. You can find additional info at this Google Apps Help Page.
