30 Responses to “Google Desktop Gadget - Website Monitor”

1. on 24 Oct 2007 at 7:36 pm1David

   Very nice gadget. Have you thought about adding “short term” trending over the last 24 hours?

2. on 27 Oct 2007 at 8:11 pm2Anonymous

   Small and simple - I really like it. However, is it possible to change the font to something smaller?

   Thanks.

3. on 29 Oct 2007 at 11:32 am3Ben Coleman

   Guys I’ve uploaded a new version with the ability to specify the font size. But this new version requires the latest version of Google Desktop (5.5)

4. on 29 Oct 2007 at 8:53 pm4Anonymous

   Thank for the fast update!

5. on 01 Nov 2007 at 8:14 pm5archdrake

   This is a very useful gadget. Any chance of adding a logging facility? It would be great to be able to save the ping time off to a file so we can come back later and monitor the performance of the web hosting service.

6. on 07 Nov 2007 at 11:37 am6Anonymous

   Hi
   Can your tool work with a Mac
   Do you have any recomendation for a Mac tool
   Re
   Chilly

7. on 07 Nov 2007 at 10:56 pm7Sully

   Great gadget potentially, but I can’t get the text recognition to work. Running Netscape on a Vista system. If I put a text word in, it gives me red. If I take it out, I’m green. Meanwhile, I’m blue with frustration… Any thoughts? Thanks.

8. on 13 Nov 2007 at 7:28 am8gaz

   Very clever gadget. Just a thought. Any chance of providing a inverse logic function for the text search. IE stay green while the txt is not found.

9. on 14 Nov 2007 at 6:21 pm9Anonymous

   I downloaded Google Desktop from desktop.google.com and installed it. Only when I try to add this gadget am I prompted with Google Desktop 5 is needed. The version I downloaded is 5.1, so I do not understand why I would get the message. Any idea? Do you still have an earlier version I can install?

10. on 18 Nov 2007 at 4:29 pm10Sully

    I should’ve made clear above that the text word I’m putting in to test the gadget IS, in fact, on the page, but it still turns red. I’ve tried several valid words. Are there sites where text finding doesn’t work, or is Netscape-Vista an unworkable combination? Netscape does have a text finder on its menu, could it somehow be disabling yours?

11. on 20 Nov 2007 at 12:50 pm11Denis

    It`s not work

12. on 22 Nov 2007 at 2:17 pm12Ben Coleman

    To the people having problems….
    Google seem to removed version 5.5 for Google Desktop from their download site, and replaced it with the older 5.1. My gadget requires the new 5.5 version.
    I don’t know why they have done this - as soon as I find out more, I’ll let you know.

    BTW - The prompt message is hardcoded by Google - if I could change it, I’d say version 5.5 not version 5, to make it clearer!

13. on 26 Nov 2007 at 1:19 pm13Teff

    Trying to download Website Monitor from http://files.bencoleman.co.uk/index.php?dir=blog/&file=WebsiteMonitor.gg
    and I’ve got an Error On Page: Incorrect format for file ./languages/ru.txt on line 1. Format is “variable name[tab]value”.

14. on 29 Nov 2007 at 8:51 pm14lemax

    I’m trying to download Website Monitor from http://files.bencoleman.co.uk/index.php?dir=blog/&file=WebsiteMonitor.gg
    and I’ve got an Error On Page: Incorrect format for file ./languages/ru.txt on line 1. Format is “variable name[tab]value”. too. What is wrong?

15. on 20 Dec 2007 at 10:22 am15Frank

    I used your gadget with GDS 5.5. Now I had to upgrade to 5.6 and doe a full reinstall. Now your tool no longer functions. That is… the text in the options screen has disappeared (it’s empty next to the checkboxes). And I cannot enter a new URL as every time I click in that textfield my browser is started to open the (incorrect) URL http://.

    Help?

16. on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:41 pm16Assaf

    I think there is a problem with your Gadget,
    cannot enter the URL of my site http://wwww.sitevision.fr or any other site. I have Website Monitor v1.5.0

17. on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:42 pm17Assaf

    I think there is a problem with your Gadget,
    cannot enter the URL of my site http://www.sitevision.fr or any other site. I have Website Monitor v1.5.0

18. on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:42 pm18Assaf

    Hi Ben,
    I think there is a problem with your Gadget,
    cannot enter the URL of my site http://wwww.sitevision.fr or any other site. I have Website Monitor v1.5.0

19. on 16 Feb 2008 at 10:57 pm19Assaf

    To Frank (no. 15)
    Yes there is a little bug but I found a way to pass it.
    You need to put your mouse cursor on the left of the “h”
    letter of the http:// and then click.
    The cursor is changed from a Hand type to Arrow type.
    The word http:// is now selected (blue background).
    click the “End” button on you keyboard and type the URL you want !

20. on 16 Mar 2008 at 4:07 pm20Adrian

    Very nice program but i have a problem I`ve sen that you have entered an IP in the program i also want to se when my servers are down how can i enter directly the IP of the server insted of the http:// Thanks.

21. on 19 Mar 2008 at 11:30 am21Toad

    Hello everybody,

    I can not download the gadget.
    I have an error message :
    “Error in count.log on line 148.
    ./blog/WebsiteMonitor.gg is already defined.”

    Can you helpme please.
    Toad

22. on 19 Mar 2008 at 4:18 pm22Florin

    i have the same problem:
    “Error in count.log on line 148.
    ./blog/WebsiteMonitor.gg is already defined.”

23. on 20 Mar 2008 at 5:33 am23Oswin

    I am having the same problem:

    Error in count.log on line 148.
    ./blog/WebsiteMonitor.gg is already defined.

    please help.

    Thanks

24. on 20 Mar 2008 at 5:48 pm24Ben Coleman

    Guys,
    There was a problem with my file hosting.
    It’s fixed now. Please try again.
    Ben

25. on 30 Apr 2008 at 5:13 pm25Tom

    Ben,

    Your website monitor is very nice. I would like to create a gg for my work to display progress of an internet polling program. Do you offer fee based help with gg? If so, how much do you charge?

    Thanks
    Tom

26. on 18 Jun 2008 at 10:52 pm26BTD

    Wonderful gadget!! Just what I needed today and it works perfectly.

    One suggestion: Can you limit the size of the gadget window to just that needed to display the items being monitored? With only two monitored URLs, there’s a lot of wasted space. Thanks much.

27. on 27 Jun 2008 at 9:24 pm27Bob Arnett

    Can your Web Monitor gadget be used to just detect whether a web page has changed? I’m often in the position of waiting for a specifec page to be updated.

28. on 23 Aug 2008 at 8:42 am28Savaş oyunları

    Very nice product but how can I setup to my PHP hosting site?

29. on 27 Oct 2008 at 10:38 pm29thomas

    Nice gadget…would you know of anything along these lines to let me go to a list of websites, but also keep the session open for a set time of a few minutes or so? (An auto-surfer I guess you’d call it.) I just need to make the IT watchdogs think I’m surfing a handful of sites all day…even when I’m not here.

30. on 12 Nov 2008 at 5:36 am30Chad T

    Would love to see it work with a service too. For example making sure mysql is responding on a specified port and maybe even a logging feature.

    But I love it so far thanks.

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