Bookmarking / Social Tutorials

  • XBox Live Gamer API

    I've thought long and hard about this, and I still can't decide whether or not I should consider myself a "gamer." During my lifetime, I've owned an original Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo64 (best controller of any console ever), wii, and XBox 360. I used to have a horrible habit of downloading pirating games, but that's long and over with. Anyways, the only game I've played consistently over the past three years is Call of Duty. Which one? Whichever the latest Call of Duty has been most recently released. I don't even care to attempt the story mode; I simply want to log on and shoot each and every one of you I encounter.

  • Facebook Open Graph META Tags

    It's no secret that Facebook has become a major traffic driver for all types of websites.  Nowadays even large corporations steer consumers toward their Facebook pages instead of the corporate websites directly.  And of course there are Facebook "Like" and "Recommend" widgets on every website.  One problem I've always found with sharing URLs on Facebook is that you often have no control over the image and description text that accompany the URL.  Had I known about Facebook Open Graph API, I would've known the solution to that problem.

  • 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!