Go to Geckoboard
All Collections
Dashboard tools
Dashboard tools
21 articles in this collection
Written by
Richard Ingram
Add images using the image widget
Display an uploaded image, with instructions on how to host images in Dropbox and Google Drive.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Use the Text widget to display text on your dashboard
Text widgets are flexible enough to accept HTML tags, including clickable links and font size adjustments.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display customer satisfaction scores using Image widgets
Learn how pairing our Image widget with tools like PagePixels can schedule screenshots of your ratings.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display image roulette on your dashboard using Dropbox
Learn how the File Roulette app uses Dropbox to display a new image on an image widget after every refresh.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display a QR code on your dashboard using Dropbox
Steps to build a QR Code widget that generates a QR code from a URL.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display the time and date on a dashboard using the Clock widget
Clock widget displays the time and date in either 24 or 12 hour format, using your local computer's clock as a reference.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Build a dashboard using data from a CSV file
Learn the key concepts of how to structure your data and push it to Geckoboard using CSV widgets.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display Google Alerts on a RSS/Atom Feed widget
Steps to create a Google Alert and display updates on a RSS/Atom Feed widget.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Add an RSS/Atom Feed widget to your dashboard
Our RSS/Atom Feed widget displays items from an RSS or Atom feed as a list.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Bannerbear and Geckoboard
Display regular web page screen grabs on your dashboard using Bannerbear
How to schedule regular screenshots of your chosen URL to be displayed on your dashboard using Bannerbear's API or Zapier.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Display generated graphics on your dashboard using Bannerbear
How to display generated graphics and graphics that display instantly on your Geckoboard dashboard using Bannerbear.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Custom widgets
Guide to using Custom Widgets
How to get data from an external API into Geckoboard.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Push to Custom Widgets from a Google Sheet
Steps to use a Google Sheets script that pulls data from a sheet, before pushing the data to a Custom Widget.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Guide to using Custom Widgets with Excel
Steps to build a custom pie chart and geo mapping widget.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Guide to Custom Widgets using Node.js
Learn how to use Node.js to get data from a datasource into your Custom Widgets.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Use a Dropbox URL as a data source for Custom Widgets
Upload your JSON file to Dropbox to use the created link with your Custom Widget.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Node.js module for Push method widgets
Learn about Gekoq, a Node.js module that simplifies sending data to your Geckoboard Push method Custom Widgets.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Template for building custom integrations in Node.js
Learn about Gekkota and how it can help build a custom integration for Geckoboard's custom Push method widgets.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Custom Widgets error: 'widget does not exist'
Learn why you might see this error message when pushing data onto Geckoboard.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Custom Widget polling timeout error
Steps to take if your Custom Widget times out.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago
Highcharts error: 'Chart data could not be parsed'
Learn why you may be seeing this error message when using Highcharts.
Written by
Richard Ingram
Updated over a week ago