Add Stock
Charts from Yahoo! Finance to Your Home Page
Log into salesforce.com and Click
Setup (from the upper right hand corner)
Go to Setup > App Setup > Home
> Home Page Components
Click on Home Page Components and
click NEW
You may be prompted with an
instructional page (below). Check the box for "Don't show again" and click next
Name the Component (Title that will
appear on your home page) Select the HTML component
Click Next
Make sure to check
the box for, "SHOW HTML" in the upper right hand corner. By default it will be
turned OFF
Next, you will need
the actual HTML code for the Yahoo! Charts.
* CLICK
HERE TO VIEW THE FINANCIAL CHART HTML CODE *
- Open the page and
click CTRL+A to highlight all the HTML text. Click CTRL+C to copy all the HTML.
- Navigate BACK to
salesforce.com and from within the HTML text area, click CTRL+V to page the HTML
code.
The Charts are now
created and need to be added to the page layout. From the Setup Menu, click on
Home Page Layouts
Click on a layout
that will include the Financial Chart. (This could be ONE page or many pages
depending on how many custom home pages you have for your users). Click EDIT and
put a CHECKMARK inside your new Financial Chart Option
To view your
financial charts, click on the HOME page.
The quotes included
are NASDAQ, DOW and FTSE. If you want to update the quotes, you will need to
change the HTML code.
Clicking on any of
the charts from your home page will open up Yahoo! Stock Pages
