There are many tools out there for sharing links with social networking sites like Twitter, del.ico.us, facebook and so on. The problem is, it seems they all use JavaScript. I started poking around to figure out how to easily generate my own links without the use of javascript. I needed to make links to be used in a marketing email and I didn’t want to have to use any javascript to do it. I couldn’t find a single resource to help me out. After some digging, I figured out the url variables for a few popular social networking sites. Here is what I found. Enjoy.<\/p>\n
Note: If you are just looking for a simple widget to add to your blog or website, I recommend AddThis<\/a> or TellAFriend<\/a>.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/strong> Facebook<\/strong> Google Bookmarks<\/strong> mySpace<\/strong> Digg<\/strong> reddit<\/strong> StumbleUpon<\/strong>
\nHow To: Just append the twitter url with the variable ‘status’ and tweet any text and urls you want. Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=create+links+for+social+networking+sites+http:\/\/www.angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites
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\nHow To: Append the following facebook url with the url you want to share Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites\/
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\nHow To: Google Bookmarks has variables for the url (bkmk=), title (title=), and description (annotation=) so you can include a snippet of text Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.google.com\/bookmarks\/mark?op=edit&bkmk=http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites\/&title=create+links+for+social+networking+sites&labels=dog,ohs&annotation=I\u00e2??ve been having trouble getting Mississippi to go in her crate. She obviously was punished by being put in a crate. It seemed she just won\u00e2??t go in the thing no matter how good the reward...
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\nHow To: Add link and title by using u= and t=. Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.myspace.com\/Modules\/PostTo\/Pages\/?l=3&u=http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites\/&t=create+links+for+social+networking+sites
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\nHow To: Digg uses url= and title= variables. Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&url=http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites\/&title=create+links+for+social+networking+sites
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\nHow To: reddit uses url= and title= variables. Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites\/&title=create+links+for+social+networking+sites
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\nHow To: reddit uses a url= variable. Wasn’t able to find any other variables for adding title or other field values. Try it.<\/a> Example code:
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\nhttp:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/angrypirate.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/22\/how-to-generate-links-for-social-networking-sites
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