[Hrun]

Would it be possible to link my Nike+ stats either in my training blog or as part of my Profile/Signature.

As Nike are autodocumenting my runs it would make sense not to duplicate it manually here.

Hope it is possible

Giles

[mrstimpson]

would be cool, if the both linked together...

[bairy]

How do the nike stats work, is it one of those image things that auto updates?

[mrstimpson]

not sure whats you mean by image?
but maybe this would help, this is the stats page its mosty in flash 9.

http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/index.jhtml

I think there are 2 widgets for osx that can be torn apart to have a look at the source.http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashb...oalwidget.html

not sure if this would help?

[Hrun]

Below is the code you copy which allows you to embed the widget on your website aparently.


<object classid="clsid27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="198" height="182" id="Nike+ Profile" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/v1/swf/scrapablewidget/profile.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="FlashVars" value="id=1894056906&userDefaultUnit=mi&dateFormat =DD/MM/YY&region=emea&language=en&locale=en_gb"/><embed src="http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/v1/swf/scrapablewidget/profile.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="198" height="182" name="Nike+ Profile" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" FlashVars="id=1894056906&userDefaultUnit=mi&dateFo rmat=DD/MM/YY&region=emea&language=en&locale=en_gb" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object>

This explains what widgets are

http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/#widgets

[bairy]

It's not something you can put into a signature at the moment and it's probably a bit too big to be suitable.
However it would be possible to put it on your training blog/as an alternative training blog.. perhaps on your profile.

It isn't right at the moment but it's a good future request. I'll look into the possibility.

[Hrun]

Cant ask for more than that.

Thanks for the prompt response.

Giles

[bairy]

Assuming there are no technical problems including the flash for the widget, I'll likely make an option to include the widget on your profile.
Even if there was a version small enough for signatures it wouldn't be fair on people with lower-speed connections to load it every time.. and I'm not sure Nike would appreciate hundreds of requests a day either.

It won't happen for a while (= weeks) since there's some other stuff planned for the board first (can't give any at the moment I'm afraid). But it's a good idea.

[Hrun]

Thats brilliant cheers.

Nike probably do want requests and adding widgets is promoted on their site better than the user instructions. At the end of the day the widget creates discussion and links back to them - Free advertising.

Cant wait to see how you manage to integrate it. Now, it's Sunday, have the rest of the day off

[richardsimkiss]

Is there any potential scope for the future to link to our training blog on the site? i.e. have our stats from this site on another? or would that cause too much traffic as you mentioned in the Nike+ situation?

[bairy]

Originally Posted by richardsimkiss

Is there any potential scope for the future to link to our training blog on the site? i.e. have our stats from this site on another?

Yes but that's more an advanced feature. Would be a while before I had chance to code it.
Dan has no problem against it in principle, so yes.

or would that cause too much traffic as you mentioned in the Nike+ situation?

Only if you hosted it on a seriously busy site. Even then it'd be possible to limit the number of requests per day and cache data as needed. With our server it should be fine but would need keeping an eye on.

[richardsimkiss]

I was just thinking for my site... which really isn;t that busy and seriously needs updating

[Hrun]

Sorry to keep bumping this, but when you do get a chance to look at this I think it is possible to grab the data from Nike rather than use their widget. There are a couple of sites that do this, such as slowgeek.com and runnerplus.

It would be great to view my data as part of my blog and not have to go the Nikes awful flash heavy website.

Please don't think I am nagging to get this.

Cheers Giles

[bairy]

No worries, I don't feel bugged.

I don't have nike+ stats so you'd need to look up the instructions on integrating it into a site. If you can paste an address where I don't need a login, or provide a login I'll have a look and see what's possible.

[Hrun]

Does this help?

www.slowgeek.com/pr/1894056906

I have not registered with them. The number is my Nike ID as found in the widget and slowgeek use it to get my stats.

If my blog could look like that I would be a happy man