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Since my last forays with Mini-blogging (or microblogging) and bookmarkletting, lots of things have changed. Specifically for this purpose, the url-shortening service urlTea was yanked. It forced me to switch to tinyurl and then to tr.im – which also almost went down. Along with increasingly sharing more links on sites other than Twitter, I combined some of my other bookmarklets into an all-in-one server-driven bookmarklet bonanza.

This new server side script will facilitate sharing links via Twitter, Facebook, email, BB Code forums, blogs/Myspace. Since the Twitter explosion this year – many more cool url shortening services have opened and offered API’s like is.gd and u.nu. Twitter now uses bit.ly/j.mp but since it needed a login, I didn’t bother. There is no more JSON, just straight API calls.

This new code still solves the problem of allowing you to provide context for your tweet or other form of sharing – and also integrates flexibility amongst using shortened URLs or not, and which shortening service to use. It can be used as a stand-alone script, or as a bookmarklet. The bookmarklet still captures the link, title, and any selected text on the page you want to share. It can be set to automatically forward to Twitter, or to stay on the helper popup. In the case of the latter, there is still a button that allows you to forward the link, title, and any selected text to Twitter where you handle editing and the character count.

The beauty of this approach is – if you don’t want to share on Twitter, or also want to share on other sites, you can get the code needed to post on MySpace or Facebook or by email or on sites that use BBCode. Here is the bookmarklet. As usual – drag it to your Bookmarks or Links bar, or simply bookmark it.

or

As always, the bookmarklet is a simple link that contains javascript. You click it whenever you’re on a web page that you want to share. Again, I offer no appologies or warranties. Take it and make it yours if you like it. Or just use the bookmarklet here and let me know how it works.

The PHP:

<?php
$url = $_GET["url"];
$r1 = array("'","\n");
$r2 = array("`"," ");
$title = str_replace($r1,$r2,stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(urldecode($_GET["title"]))));
$text = str_replace($r1,$r2,stripslashes(htmlspecialchars(urldecode($_GET["text"]))));
$service=$_GET["service"];
$noautotweet=$_GET["noautotweet"];

if (!empty($url)){
	switch ($service)
	{
	case "unu":
	  $urlt = file_get_contents("http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url=" . $url);
	  break;
	case "isgd":
	  $urlt = file_get_contents("http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=" . $url);
	  break;
	case "trim":
	  $urlt = file_get_contents("http://tr.im/api/trim_simple?url=" . $url);
	  break;
	default:
	  $urlt = file_get_contents("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" . $url);
	}
	$urlt = str_replace("\n","",$urlt);
} else {
	$noautotweet="noautotweet";
}

if (!empty($text)) {
	$text2 = '"'.$text.'"';
	$text3 = "<blockquote>$text</blockquote>";
	$text4 = '<blockquote></blockquote>';
} else {
	$text2=$text;
}

$status = "$title $urlt $text2";
$status2 = "<a href=$urlt>$title</a>$text3";
$status3 = '['.'url='.$urlt.']'.$title.'[/url]'.$text4;
$status4 = "$title $url $text2";
$status4a = "---\n$title\n----\n$url\n\nor\n\n$urlt\n---\n$text2\n---";
$status5 = "<a href=$url>$title</a>$text3";
$status6 = '['.'url='.$url.']'.$title.'[/url]'.$text4;

$thispage = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
$bmarkbase="javascript:void(open('".$thispage."?title='+encodeURI(document.title)+'&text='+encodeURI(document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():(document.getSelection?document.getSelection:'')))+'&url='+encodeURI(location.href)";
$bmarkend=",'twiit','scrollbars=no,width=600,height=250,top=175,left=75,status=yes,resizable=yes'))";
$bmarknabase="javascript:void(location.href='".$thispage."?title='+encodeURI(document.title)+'&text='+encodeURI(document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():(document.getSelection?document.getSelection:'')))+'&url='+encodeURI(location.href)";
$bmarknaend=")";

$bmarktiny=$bmarkbase.$bmarkend;
$bmarktrim=$bmarkbase."&service=trim".$bmarkend;
$bmarkisgd=$bmarkbase."&service=isgd".$bmarkend;
$bmarkunu=$bmarkbase."&service=unu".$bmarkend;

$bmarknatiny=$bmarknabase."+'&noautotweet=noautotweet'".$bmarknaend;
$bmarknatrim=$bmarknabase."+'&noautotweet=noautotweet&service=trim'".$bmarknaend;
$bmarknaisgd=$bmarknabase."+'&noautotweet=noautotweet&service=isgd'".$bmarknaend;
$bmarknaunu=$bmarknabase."+'&noautotweet=noautotweet&service=unu'".$bmarknaend;
?>

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<title>Twiit - myopiclunacy.com Twitter TinyUrl/tr.im/id.gd/u.nu submitter</title>
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<body bgcolor="#ffffe0"><h2 style="color:#000077;font-family:"Lucida Console",monospace:">Twiit</h2>
<b>Twitter/URL Shortening Tool for use with Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Email, BBCode</b>
<br>from <a href="http://myopiclunacy.com/bookmarklets">myopiclunacy.com</a>
<hr>

<table cellpadding=10><tr valign=top><td>

<h4>Shortened URL</h4>
<table><tr valign=top><td>Twitter, Facebook, Email:</td><td>
<form name=twit id=twit method="get" action="http://twitter.com/home">
<input size=50 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name="status" value='<?php echo $status; ?>'>
<input type=submit value="Twiit It">
</form>
</td></tr><tr><td>Myspace, Bebo, Other HTML:</td><td>
<textarea cols=50 rows=3 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name=status2 id=status2><?php echo $status2; ?></textarea>
</td></tr><tr><td>BBCode:</td><td>
<textarea cols=50 rows=3 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name=status3 id=status3><?php echo $status3; ?></textarea>
</td></tr></table>
<hr><h4>No URL Shortening<h4>
<table><tr valign=top><td>Twitter, Facebook, Email:</td><td>
<form name=twit4 id=twit4 method="get" action="http://twitter.com/home">
<input size=50 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name="status" value='<?php echo $status4; ?>'>
<input type=submit value="Twiit It">
</form>
<textarea cols=50 rows=7 onClick="this.focus();this.select();"
name=status4a id=status4a><?php echo $status4a; ?></textarea>
</td></tr><tr><td>Myspace, Bebo, Other HTML:</td><td>
<textarea cols=50 rows=3 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name=status5 id=status5><?php echo $status5; ?></textarea>
</td></tr><tr><td>BBCode:</td><td>
<textarea cols=50 rows=3 onClick="this.focus();this.select();" name=status6 id=status6><?php echo $status6; ?></textarea>
</td></tr></table>

<?php if (empty($noautotweet)) { ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
    document.forms[0].submit();
</script>
<?php } ?>

</td><td width="35%" style="border: 1px solid #000000;">

<h4>Resubmit</h4>
<form name=twiit id=twiit method="get" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
URL: <input tsype="hidden" name="url" value="<?php echo $url; ?>"><br>
Title: <input tsype="hidden" name="title" value="<?php echo $title; ?>"><br>
Text: <input tsype="hidden" name="text" value="<?php echo $text; ?>"><br>
No Auto Tweet: <input type="checkbox" name="noautotweet" value="noautotweet" checked selected><br>
Service: <select name="service">
<option value="tinyurl">tinyurl</option>
<option value="trim">tr.im</option>
<option value="isgd">is.gd</option>
<option value="unu">u.nu</option>
</select>
<input type=submit>
</form>
<hr><h4>Bookmarklets</h4>
Autotwiit bookmarklets will directly post your link to Twitter. Use the No AutoTwiit bookmarklets for copying and pasting into other sites
<br><br>
<b>AutoTwiit</b><br>
<a href="<?php echo $bmarktiny; ?>">Twiit</a> |
<a href="<?php echo $bmarktrim; ?>">tr.im Twiit</a> <br>
<a href="<?php echo $bmarkisgd; ?>">is.gd Twiit</a> |
<a href="<?php echo $bmarkunu; ?>">u.nu Twiit</a>
<br><br><b>No AutoTwiit</b><br>

<a href="<?php echo $bmarknatiny; ?>">Tiny Twiit Tool</a> |
<a href="<?php echo $bmarknatrim; ?>">tr.im Twiit Tool</a> <br>
<a href="<?php echo $bmarknaisgd; ?>">is.gd Twiit Tool</a> |
<a href="<?php echo $bmarknaunu; ?>">u.nu Twiit Tool</a>

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