Bookmarking / Social Tutorials
Facebook-Style Modal Box Using MooTools
In my oh-so-humble opinion, Facebook's Modal box is the best modal box around. It's lightweight, subtle, and very stylish. I've taken Facebook's imagery and CSS and combined it with MooTools' awesome functionality to duplicate the effect.
Create Digg URLs Using PHP
Digg recently came out with a sweet new feature that allows users to create Tiny Digg URLs which show a Digg banner at the top allowing easy access to vote for the article from the page. While I love visiting Digg every once in a while, I'd rather grab the URL remotely. Here's how to do so using PHP.
Following MooTools on Twitter
A while back I posted links to various official and unofficial websites that would keep you up to date on the MooTools project. Here are a bunch of Twitter-related links that will get you even closer to the project.
MooTools TwitterGitter Plugin
Everyone loves Twitter. Everyone loves MooTools. That's why everyone should love TwitterGitter, a MooTools plugin that retrieves a user's recent tweets and allows the user to format them however the user would like. TwitterGitter allows the user to choose the number of tweets to retrieve and returns an object containing the data provided by Twitter.
Script & Style Revamp with Submission Favelet
It's been six months and some change since the launch of Script & Style and the website is doing extremely well. Traffic continues to rise, our RSS feed subscriber count is close to 4,000, the submissions continue to be quality, and we're slowly adding new features to the site. We've recently taken some time to revamp the website to continue its growth.
Get a URL’s de.licio.us Count Using JavaScript
When I put together my new theme, I made it a goal to integrate more of the social bookmarking websites. The benefit to me is that my articles and website will get more attention. The benefit to you is that you can save / bookmark / share my articles easier.
6 Reasons I’m Glad I Joined Twitter
For the longest time I refused to do the Twitter thing. Looking back it seems stupid but I just would not join the craze. Two months and 350 updates later, I'm a proud card-carrying Twitter fanboy. Here are 6 reasons I'm glad I joined Twitter.
Digg Homepage!! Woohooo!!
I made the Digg homepage for the first time! Sweet. Nothing like a front page promotion!
PHP DZone Story Information Grabber
Having a user submit a post to DZone is great for several reasons:
5 Usability Suggestions For DZone.com
DZone.com has quickly become one of my favorite programming-related internet websites. DZone provides a wealth of fresh, interesting development-related links to articles, announcements, and code snippets. DZone also provides bloggers a great way to get their articles the credit and attention they deserve. Unlike Digg, DZone has a specific target audience and since I fall into that audience, I continue to be a loyal visitor to the website.