Point
Point is an easily installed and configured AJAX service that enables you to use Widgit Symbols to support the content on your website.
When a visitor to your website hovers their mouse over a word, a request is sent from your web server via a secure proxy to the Widgit
symbolisation server. The symbolisation server responds with a list of symbols that match the word and they are displayed to the visitor.
Integrating Point into your website is a straightforward procedure. There are two configuration files to edit, lines to add to your page header
and a handful of client files to upload. The client files can be provided as PHP or ASHX (for ASP.NET), depending on the type of server
that you are running. Everything else is hosted on the Widgit symbolisation server, so there is no ongoing maintenance or storage overhead
and you can be sure that you will always have access to the latest Widgit Symbols and vocabulary.
Once Point is installed, you can choose which content will be supported with symbols by simply adding a CSS class to the appropriate HTML element.
You can choose the name of the CSS class in your configuration files. You can also configure the display size of symbols and exclude specific
words from being symbolised at all.
System Requirements
Point requires a server running PHP 4.3.0 or ASP.NET and a modern browser such as Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 2, Opera 9, Safari 3 or Google Chrome; with JavaScript enabled.
Technical Support for Point
If you have a technical question about Point, contact Simon by emailing simon@widgit.com
Insite
Insite is a client/server solution that enables you to create, edit and display content using Widgit Symbols on your website. It consists of
a visual editor that symbolises text as you type and the means to present the symbolised content once it has been created. Insite integrates with
your existing Content Management System.
The editor is written in JavaScript and connects to our symbolisation server via a secure proxy. You can choose how work is saved from the editor
to best fit the needs of your Content Management System (CMS). Once retrieved from your CMS, symbolised content can be displayed with a simple call
to the Widgit symbolisation server.
Integrating Insite into your website requires a CMS to store and retrieve symbolised content and some work may be required to integrate it.
Full documentation and example files are provided.
We currently offer a module for Drupal 6 that makes integration very simple. You just need to place the module's files in a directory on the web
server, enter some details within Drupal and add a link to a CSS file in the header of the pages that will contain symbols.
Modules and plug-ins for other popular CMSs including SharePoint and Moodle, will be available shortly.
System Requirements
Insite requires a server running PHP 5 or ASP.NET. Using the Insite content editor also requires a modern browser such as Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 2, Opera 9, Safari 3 or Google Chrome; with JavaScript enabled.
Insite produces normal HTML, so the pages containing symbolised content do not require JavaScript.
Technical Support for Insite
If you have a technical question about Insite, contact Tim by emailing tim@widgit.com
