iframe support and open id opinions

[eldritch_panda]

Hey Y'all,

I was just now trying to put a GoodReads widget on my profile, and it looks like something isn't working. There is whitespace where the widget should be, and the GoodReads logo, but none of the content is showing up. I check the code and everything looks good, though I did note that the widget uses iframe. I tried to search the web, yet I couldn't find anything that stated whether Dreamwidth supported iframe. Does anyone know?

Also, I was thinking about using Dreamwidth's open id capability to sign on to Livejournal, since some of the communities are more active there. Does anyone do this? What are your experiences with it if so?

Thank you for your time and attention.

Comments

[brownbetty]

Off the top of my head, a lot of external widgets don't work on dw because they use javascript, which is not allowed for security reasons.

[azurelunatic]

Yeah, anything with javascript has to be specifically whitelisted, and I have vague memories of some things working in journals but not the profile.

Image-based widgets ought to work.

I filed a ticket to see if Goodreads widgets can be whitelisted; this may take some time and/or not happen, but I've got examples of all the widgets I can find for the devs to take a look at.

[eldritch_panda]

Thank you for submitting the ticket! I'll see if they have an image-based widget. I appreciate your help.

[azurelunatic]

Not all of the widgets are going to work even after this, but the code push whitelisting some of them is scheduled for next week. :)

[eldritch_panda]

I didn't consider javascript; good call. Thanks.