• Author:
  • O'Connor, Brett
• Subject:
  Computer Programming / Software Development
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  29/12/2006
• Price:
  $44.99
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del.icio.us offers millions of Web users an online social network in which to collect, organize, and share their favorite web resources. Using an underlayer of tools offered by del.icio.us, you now have the potential to tap into this social network in order to expand your own website to a whole new array of possibilities. This book will help you make the most of these possibilities and encourages you to use your own innovative ideas to create something useful, unique, and even fun.

Brett O’Connor lives in Denver, Colorado, where he heads Blimps go 90, a private web technology consultant firm. He is also one of the managing partners for the online tattoo artwork and lifestyle–related websites Flash2xs.com and TattooFinder.com. During the rare moments when he is not working, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, canoeing the interewebs, and practicing his air guitar.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: The Mashup-Friendly Web.

Chapter 1: Web 2.0 and del.icio.us.

Enter del.icio.us.

Organizing Your Bookmarks.

Using Bookmarklets.

Socializing with Other del.icio.us Users.

Exploring the del.icio.us Community.

Chapter 2: del.icio.us and the Mashup.

del.icio.us: A Mashup Pioneer.

RSS Feeds for (Almost) Every Page.

The Application Programming Interface (API).

Chapter 3: Going Deeper Inside the del.icio.us API.

del.icio.us as a Subsystem.

Protocols.

The del.icio.us API Methods.

Language-Specific API Libraries.

RSS versus API.

Chapter 4: Other Mashable Software.

Flickr.

Yahoo! Search.

Amazon Web Services.

eBay.

Google Search.

WordPress.

Firefox Extensions.

Part II: Get Ready to Mash.

Chapter 5: Mashup Tools.

Understanding Editors.

Setting Up a Web-Development Environment.

Installing phpMyAdmin.

Setting Up a Weblog.

Accounts and API Keys.

Chapter 6: More Mashup Technologies.

Web Development Technologies: HTML, XHTML, and CSS.

Data Storage and Transfer with PHP.

Other Methods and Software.

Chapter 7: del.icio.us Mashup Techniques.

A Deliciously Simple JSON Remix.

Using PHP and MySQL for Full-Bodied Flavor.

Taking It to the Desktop.

Part III: Mashups and Remixes.

Chapter 8: Mashing del.icio.us and WordPress.

Sharing Your Daily Discoveries.

Spreading Your Ideas.

Tracking Your Popularity.

Combining Relevant Bookmarks.

Using the Del.icio.us Play Tagger for Your MP3 Links.

Chapter 9: Remixing del.icio.us with Greasemonkey.

Greasemonkey Explained.

Skinning del.icio.us.

Customizing the del.icio.us User Interface.

Fetching Remote Data.

Chapter 10: Remixing RSS Feeds.

Cleaning Up Tag Feeds.

Media Tag Remix: An Image Feed Slideshow.

Media Tag Remix: An MP3 Jukebox.

Chapter 11: Mashing It Up with Web Services.

The HotJobs, eBay, and Flickr Autobookmarking Scripts.

Amazon: Caching Pages with S3.

Part IV: Mashups Applied: A Research Project Hub.

Chapter 12: Collecting References with a Custom Firefox Plug-In.

Starting a Firefox Extension.

Creating the Rally Poster User Interface.

Completing the Rally Poster Extension.

Deploying the Rally Poster Extension.

Chapter 13: Aggregating, Organizing, and Displaying Your Research.

Basic Page Layout.

Adding Styles.

Adding a Quick Posting Form.

Chapter 14: Bringing in Other Web Services.

Adding a Calendar.

Implementing Maps.

Chapter 15: Managing Incoming Links.

Part V: Looking Forward with del.icio.us.

Chapter 16: New and Different Directions.

Desktop, Web, and Mobile Clients.

New Perspectives on del.icio.us Data.

Effective Mashups.

The Future of del.icio.us.

Appendix A: Exercise Answers.

Appendix B: Sympathy for the API-Enabled Web Services.

Index.