Add a del.icio.us linkroll to your site
Posted on 01/30/2008 at 11:02:43 AM by Fred Simmons
Homepage getting stale? Add a del.icio.us linkroll to your site. A what? If you're not familiar with del.icio.us, read this. Otherwise, proceed...
A linkroll is just a bit of code that takes your del.icio.us account and creates a self-updating feed of links that you can insert anywhere on your site. It's a great way to add value to your site and keep your homepage or news page content fresh and revolving. Here's how to get started:
- Sign up for a del.icio.us account for your organization
- Start posting industry-specific links to your account - anything you come across that might be of interest to your visitors. You can even post links to your own content.
- Go to "settings" within your del.icio.us account and click on linkrolls (it's under the Blogging heading or fifth column).
The linkroll page gives you some display options such as how many links to display at a time, whether or not to display notes, etc. When you have the linkroll customized to your liking, you simply grab some automatically-generated javascript and insert it into your page.
I created an
example here.