Can Google Calendar Gadgets be installed automatically when installing a Google Apps Marketplace App? - google-calendar-api

I know in the Google Apps Marketplace SDK you can specify a Gmail Contextual Gadget in the COB Extension section however there doesn't seem to be anyway to have a Google Apps Marketplace app install Calendar Gadgets automatically.
Barring that, is it possible for the Google Apps admin to install the Calendar Gadget for all the users on the Google Domain directly?
It doesn't seem like either of these is possible, is this correct? If so it's really disappointing.

The only way to install a calendar gadget is for each user to click on the install URL for the gadget. They need to accept the gadget and then it is installed and available.
You could look to use a chrome extension instead. Although this has its own installation challenges for a domain.

Only applications that belong to Google Apps Marketplace (they have enabled the GAM SDK) can be installed by the administrator and make them accessible for every one in the domain.
In the case of the Gmail Contextual Gadgets, although those are gadgets, they are part of a Marketplace project and therefore can be installed across the domain.

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How to track Google Play download sources

I can't find the simple answer for a simple question. I want to generate a link to my app on Google Play and check how many installs comes from this link.
For iOS this is very simple, you just go to the analytics ->sources and generate a link that has a parameter. I can't find anything like that in Google Play Developer Console. Am I missing something or there is not such option for GP?
You could use Firebase Dynamic Links.
More information here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/dynamic-links
You can create Dynamic Links using your own domain name:
https://example.com/summer-sale
https://example.com/links/promos/summer-sale
https://links.example.com/summer-sale
https://ex.amp.le/summer-sale
Or, if you don't have a domain for your app, you can use a free custom page.link subdomain:
EXAMPLE LINK: https://example.page.link/summer-sale
Create your free subdomain in the Firebase console.
All Dynamic Links features, including analytics, post-install attributions, and SDK integrations, work with both custom page.link domains and your own domain.

Tracking mobile web app with Google Analytics using the website script

I have built a web app (read: a website within a naitive app container) for iOS and Android. I started by adding the website script provided by Google to my app, figuring it would work since it's basically a website hosted within a container. The issue? Well, it doesn't work.
When I access the app from my phone, all I get within the Analytics GUI is that there is a user at page / nothing else despite how many pages I go to. I get the same result if I just browse to the website on my phone. However, if I go to the website on my computer, the script seems to pick up everything perfectly. I can see all pages I've visited and when, for example.
So I guess I have two questions:
Why doesn't the script work as expected through the app on my phone, but perfectly when accessing the webiste on my computer from a technical point of view? Does Google perform some sort of blocking regarding the request headers?
Is there any way to get the website script to work within an app or do I have to use Firebase for long-term and sustainable tracking?
Have in italics since the feeling I get when reading here is that the Google Analytics Services SDK for Android and iOS will probably be phased out sooner or later. According to this post the GA SDK is already deprecated. So using that doesn't really feel like an alternative.
Also, I am not interested in comments like "Why don't you use this analytics tool instead", or, "What's your problem with Firebase? Just use it".
There are two types of Google Analytics accounts. Web accounts and mobile accounts. Web accounts run off of pageview hits. Mobile accounts run off screenview hits. If you insert a screenview into a web account the only thing you will see is page / because its sending the in correct hit type.
The SDK is used for tracking mobile applications so it inserts screen views. You cant use the same Google analytics account for tracking with it your going to need a mobile Google analytics account if you want to use the SDK. You wont of course be able to analyse between the web and mobile accounts.
Cant help with firebase sorry.

Recommended way to check Google Analytics is running correctly on every page (wordpress)

I have a Wordpress site that has multiple plugins & that has somehow over time got the same Analytics tracking link (albeit slightly different implementations of it) in a few places on the site.
I want to remove one of them so the site 'touch wood' only uses a single tracking link throughout, is there a website scanning tool or desktop application that will scan an app and help me find each location of this tracking link?
Used the Google Tag Assistant for Chrome extension

Syncing Outlook 2013 Calendar to Wordpress Plugin

I've done much research on this and at this point, it doesn't seem possible, but I'm hoping someone more knowledgable than myself can help me with a solution. I have a client that needs to sync Outlook calendar with a Wordpress plugin. They need the WP Calendar to display on it's own page and also be on the sidebars, like many existing WP Calendar/Event plugins.
This is what I know:
You can connect a URL based shared calendar to Outlook, but it won't let you edit those calendars in Outlook.
You can publish an Outlook calendar to a WebDav service. But since all the WebDav calendar services I have found, you have to enter in a login/password to access your file. (I tested using Cloudsafe).
I have not found a Wordpress calendar plugin that can access WebDav files.
A possible work around is to sync the Outlook calendar to a Google calendar and then use a Wordpress plugin that will sync with Google calendars. BUT that would mean that each person in the company would have to install an run the Google sync service on their computers, which I'm not sure they are willing to do.
Any suggestions on a way to get this request working? Thanks!
It is possible to edit "shared" calendars in Outlook. This works for Outlook+SharePoint integration.
See 2.5.6 Synchronize a SharePoint List with Outlook which contains a very brief overview and links to the MS-STSSYN and MS-LISTSWS technical documentation. Like with the WebDAV approach, failing integrated security, the password must be supplied (unless running a truly insecure editable calendar). The Calendar is just a special kind of List.
Then it's just a matter of accessing said resource in WP as well. So much fun!
There might be a 3rd party library that already emulates a basic SP List WS; there is always SharePoint [any maybe even Office 365?]..

Where do I find my Google Font API Key? (Newbie)

I am working on a Wordpress site.
Woothemes framework, Canvas theme from Woothemes.
Have installed the plugin Google Webfonts for Woo Framework.
So far - so good.
Now I need a Google Font API key.
So I have a registered developer account, and a Google Font project up and running via GoogleCloud Console. I have activated the Google Font API in the API list.
But I can't find my Google Font API Key!
I've followed the instructions as given here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/developer_api
It says:
"To acquire an API key, visit the APIs Console. In the Services pane, activate the Google Fonts Developer API; if the Terms of Service appear, read and accept them. (Edit: Done this!)
Next, go to the API Access pane. The API key is near the bottom of that pane, in the section titled "Simple API Access."(Can't find this at all!)
Any ideas?
Sorry if this is a terribly simple question!
Kind regards
Annelie
Maybe the help page is a bit behind and refers to the 'old' console.
Old: https://code.google.com/apis/console/b/0/?noredirect
New: https://cloud.google.com/console?redirected=true
I wrote the Google Webfonts for Woo Framework plugin, found at http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-fonts-for-woo-framework/
For the last few versions, you do not need to use a Google API key to be up and running. The WordPress plugin contains a fallback list of all available Google webfonts, and I try to keep that list up-to-date as Google releases additional fonts.
So, unless there is a really new font you want to use, just run the plugin without an API key and it should provide all the Google Webfonts you want.
Hi at first create a project in Firebase then go there and click on the "Get a Key" at the main of the page choose your project and get it.

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