Ok, so I have followed the starting guide (http://microsoftgadgets.com/livesdk/docs/default.htm) up to the point were I test the sample helloworld in my browser.
It seems to recognise that something is there as it seems to open a HelloWorld RSS feed with two empty untitled articles!!
Not sure whether this was normal behaviour I continued through the guide and tried to add the sample gadget to live.com.
Unfortunately, instead of adding the gadget to My Stuff, I am left in the normal view with no gadgets added.
Am I missing a vital step or have the rules of engagement been changed !
Any help greatly appreciated.
Trouble adding sample to live.com
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Trouble adding sample to live.com
bvod5647
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Are you running your gadget from localhost If so, did you follow the IE setup steps to add *.live.com and *.start.com to your Trusted Sites zone There's a bug in the documentation that tells you to enable cross-domain data access for the Internet zone. Assuming you've added *.live.com and *.start.com to Trusted Sites, that should tell you to enable cross-domain data access for the Trusted Sites zone instead.
Remember, live.com uses a proxy to pull data from other domains due to the Same Origin policy that governs web browser data access (web sites can only request data from a domain that is equal to or more specific than its current domain -- ie, foo.live.com can only access data from foo.live.com or bar.foo.live.com, not example.com or even straight-up live.com). The proxy is used to get around this restriction (the proxy is hosted on live.com/start.com and pulls external data at the server itself, avoiding the cross-domain issues). Since localhost is specific to your machine, live.com bypasses the proxy (the proxy has no idea that "localhost" means "your machine"). No proxy means you're back into the security restrictions, and you have to override IE's security settings to be able to do this at all.
Firefox and Opera have no way of overriding the Same Origin policy, so you can't use localhost-hosted gadgets with those browsers.