BBC World Service Widget

What is the BBC World Service Widget?

Widgets allow the content from a website to be re-used on another website, or taken on to your computer desktop.

The World Service Widget allows you to display current BBC World Service news stories, as well as audio and video updates on your own blog or website.

BBC World Service Widget in other languages
The BBC World Service Widget is also available in click Turkish, click Spanish, click Russian, click Portuguese (Brasil), click Vietnamese, click Hindi, click UKChina, click Indonesia, click Bangla, click Arabic, click Persian, click Urdu, click Chinese, click Learning English, click Swahili and click Somali.

Why might I want the BBC World Service Widget?
With the World Service Widget, you can bring current news from around the world directly to your website's viewers. It is an easy way to provide useful content for free.

How can I install the BBC World Service Widget?
Simply copy and paste the code below into the sidebar, or some other part of your blog or website.

Additional versions of the widget are available for click iGoogle, Windows Vista Sidebar, Netvibes, Mac Dashboard and WordPress with more coming soon.

Features of the BBC World Service Widget

Latest News

Click the "Content" bar to see the types of content available. Users can select their preferred content category from the list.

Search the BBC World Service Website
Your website's users can use the widget to search for World Service news stories.

Simply type a word or phrase into the search box and the widget will direct you to results for that query.

Get this widget
Your visitors can get the widget for their own website or blog by clicking on the + button.

This displays the code required to install the widget.

Options
Here are some options for your users. Changing these options will affect the way that the widget displays when they visit your site.

Select default feed
Choose which content category appears first when the widget is loaded.

Hide summary
Tick the box to show just the news headlines, but not the summary of each article.

Hide thumbnail images
Tick the box to hide images from the list of articles.

HELP

Click the question mark button to be taken to this help page.

FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS
We'd love to hear what you think. Please tell us what you like and what could be made better.

WIDGET TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By installing the BBC embeddable application ("BBC World Service Widget") and using it to display BBC World Service Content you agree to the terms set out below.

1. Licence
1.1 BBC grants you a non-exclusive licence to use the BBC World Service Widget to display the BBC World Service Content only.

1.2 All rights including intellectual property rights in the BBC World Service Widget and BBC World Service Content remain the property of the BBC.
2. Use of BBC World Service Widget and BBC Content
2.2 The BBC World Service Widget is for personal non-commercial use only.

2.3 You may not copy, re-publish, edit, alter or add to the BBC World Service Content in any way, nor combine the BBC World Service Content with any other material.

2.4 You may not copy, distribute, unzip, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise disassemble the BBC World Service Widget or use any of its constituent elements in any way.

3. Warranties & Liability
3.1 The BBC World Service Widget and BBC World Service Content is made available on an "as is" and "as available" basis and you download, install and use the BBC World Service Widget and access the BBC World Service Content at your own discretion and risk.

3.2 The BBC has taken reasonable care to ensure that the BBC World Service Widget and BBC World Service Content contain no inaccuracies, errors, viruses or defects however the BBC does not warrant that this is the case.

3.3 To the extent permitted by law, the BBC gives no warranty of any kind (implied, statutory or otherwise) in relation to the BBC World Service Widget, BBC World Service Content or the BBC website and the BBC shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising form or connected to the BBC World Service Widget or BBC World Service Content.

3.4 You are advised to take all reasonable precautions to protect your computer from virus infection.

3.5 The BBC may change or remove the BBC World Service Content at its sole discretion and may block use of the BBC World Service Widget if you breach these End User Terms.

4. General
4.1 These End User Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.