For help with the widget, please see this page
About the NZMac.com Radio widget
This widget provides the ability for users to listen to New Zealand radio station streams that are available on the internet. The widget has a number of stations pre-set (more NZ stations can be added upon request) and you simply select which station you want to listen to. The widget will only be able to stream radio stations that can be listened to within the QuickTime player and take advantage of the Flip4Mac WMV Player (free to Mac users) that MUST be installed. The widget also features an inbuilt update check and will inform you when a newer version of the widget had been released.
The NZMac.com Radio widget is released by under the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0" license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
The widget can be downloaded from the main page of this site.
Developer of the NZMac.com Radio widget
- Philip Roy - http://www.bluengrey.com and http://www.nzmac.com
Substantial credit and thanks...
- Substantial credit goes to Thomas Fals (http://www.suppazone.dk). His superb radio widget was the basis for the first version of this widget (now re-written and updated using Dashcode) and he generously agreed to allow NZMac.com to make use of his widget work
- Thanks also to Matt Jacoby (http://www.localsounds.org) who took the NZMac.com radio widget and refined parts of the code based on some ideas I had (but lacked his expertise) before I brought it into Dashcode to finish the tidy up
License
The NZMac.com radio widget is released by under the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0" license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/You are free:
- to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
- to make derivative works
Under the following conditions:
- Attribution. You must give the original authors credit.
- Non-commercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work.
Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.
Credit and an active link to NZMac.com must remain visible on any widget that makes use of the code from this widget.
Thanks goes to...
- Craig Stanton - Support in development of the first NZMac.com widget...many ideas of which are incorporated into this new widget - http://craig.stanton.net.nz/
- Cian Walsh - Support in development of the first NZMac.com widget's look and feel...many of which are incorporated into this new widget - http://www.afterglow.ie/
- Portions Copyright 2005-7, Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
- Jon Brown - Version checker (http://www.widgetshow.com/?page_id=74)
- http://www.nzradioguide.co.nz that maintains a superb list of radio streams in New Zealand and allowed me to add a few more site that I hadn't tracked down
Version history
Version 1.3.x
- "Select Station" option now silences widget when selected
- Moved project into Dashcode for bug fixing
- Restructured files into more standard naming convention
- Code mostly rewritten based on Dashcode, with input from Matt Jacoby
- Many streams fixed and added brokenStream function for problem stations
- Stations added - The Breeze (Auckland), Classic Hits (Auckland), Classic Hits (Christchurch), Classic Hits (Wellington), Coast FM (Auckland), Coast FM (ChCh), Coast FM (Wellington), Cool Blue 96.1 FM, Easy Mix 98.2 FM, Newstalk ZB (Auckland), Newstalk ZB (ChCh), Newstalk ZB (Wellington), Radio Hauraki (Auckland), Radio Hauraki (ChCh), Radio Hauraki (Wellington), Radio Sport (Auckland), Radio Sport (ChCh), Radio Sport (Wellington), ZM FM (Auckland), ZM FM (ChCh), ZM FM (Wellington)
- Changed help page to reflect Flip4Mac update and new (needed) Flip4Mac utility
- Fixed some broken stations and deactivated 95bFM as it currently won't work with widget
- Revised help system and help page on NZMac.com
- New Zealand Parliament and Souther Star added
- Flava added
- Radio NZ National, Concert and International streams changed
Version 1.2.x
- Credits URL altered
- Slight adjustment of CSS
- MoreFM (Canterbury) added
- The Breeze (Wgtn) added
- The Breeze (Waikato added)
- MoreFM (Waikato) added
- Viva, Rock FM, The Edge, Solid Gold FM, Radio Rhema, Radio Live, 95bFM - streams fixed
- Problem with Ski FM, RNZ International, Radio Live, Life FM
Version 1.1
- MoreFM added
- Classic Hits added
- The Breeze (Christchurch) added
- Coast FM added
- Hauraki FM added
- Viva added
Version 1.0
- Links to station websites issue resolved
- Firewall issue still remains
- 1XX Whakatane added
Version 0.9
- Widget now checks for Flip4Mac plugin
Version 0.8.x
- Newstalk ZB added
- Life FM added
- 95bFM added
- Radio Live, Radio Rhema, Solid Gold FM, The Edge and ZM FM Wellington added
Version 0.7
- Continued tidying code, including removing javascript, but station URL links still not working
- Fixed station URLs not overwriting last displayed
- Added Radio Sport station
- Stations listed in alphabetical order
- Discovered HTTP proxy issue (for those behind firewalls) is currently unable to be resolved
Version 0.6
- URLs for each station added
Version 0.5
- Fixed form problem and associated CSS. All stations names must go on two lines for CSS issues
- Added Kiwi FM and The Rock
- Tidied CSS code further
Version 0.4
- Reduced widget down to one main file with all radio stations in arrays.
- Thanks to Craig Stanton for the correct terminology to improve my net searching for scripts!
Version 0.3
- Archived substantial work so far
- Tested update checker and download
Version 0.2
- New graphics for widget
- Removed DR references on advice from suppazone.dk
- Added 3 Radio NZ stations
- Update check working
- 'i' working
- CSS tidied and widget layout reorganised
- Prepared link to credits page on NZMac.com
- Create back to widget and put credits on back with link to detailed credits on NZMac.com
- 'Done' button fixed
Version 0.1
- Experimental to see that it could work and to get permission from suppazone.dk