Survey Widget for Apple Dashboard

The SurveyGizmo widget for Mac OS 10.4.3+ allows you to keep up with progress on your surveys and view in (near) real time the number of surveys In Progress, Completed, Abandoned, or Partially Completed. You also have handy links to Edit, Reporting, and Preview.

Apple Dashboard Survey Widget

Download: Click here to download the widget

Requirements: Mac OS 10.4.3+ (Tiger or later), PowerPC or Intel Mac, and a SurveyGizmo account (need one?)

Installation:

If you’re using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar, and click the widget’s icon in the Widget Bar to open it.

If you’re using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, un-archive it (double-click the zip file) and then double-click the widget itself to install to the dashboard.

Hooking up your widget:

STEP 1
You need to first go to your account screen and click to enable your user API Key.

API user key screen

STEP 2
Download the widget from this page or from the Apple site. Download the widget zip file to your desktop. First double-click the zip file, then double-click the widget itself.

STEP 3
Copy and paste your API key into the widget configuration screen. (You get the config screen by clicking on the “i” in the bottom right hand corner of the widget.)

Apple Widget Setup Screenshot

What can you do with SurveyGizmo and WordPress

  • Run everything from polls to multi-page surveys right from within your WordPress Posts and Pages
  • Build a custom and full-featured contact form or lead generation form for your “Contact Us” page
  • Take results from a survey/form and post them to another API, such as Constant Contact or Sales Force
  • Basically, if you need a form on a web page, SurveyGizmo can help you build it

How to use

You can integrate surveys into your content in two ways.

  1. Insert the survey link and have surveys open in their own windows. Example link below: 
    <a href="http://s-bbc70-902.sgizmo.com" target="_blank">My Survey</a>
  2. You can use the javascript embed link, which will dynamically insert the survey into your blog post or page.

Example: An Embedded Survey

Go ahead and and try it. After submitting, you’ll stay right on this page.

Example: A Survey Link

Click here to take this survey

Styling your Survey

There is a lot of flexibility here. In SurveyGizmo, you can completely customize the survey template and embedded CSS stylesheet. Some designers prefer hosting a survey CSS stylesheet on their own server, and you can simply add a call to your stylesheet in the survey template.

Support

You can get support right here by leaving a comment on this page, or you can use our support Email, support[at]sgizmo.com.

Giving Thanks Where Thanks is Due!

We want to thank our friends over at wdgty who did a great job with the widget. We wholeheartedly recommend them. Thanks, guys!