Developer / Documentation / Add to Netlog widget
If you, as a third party website, would like to offer your visitors a link that allows them to easily add your webpage to their list of favorite links on Netlog, here's some info on how to do that.
Building the link
Format
Use the link format below and replace the parameters between square brackets with the relevant information. Only the URL is a required argument. All other information will be automatically fetched upon link submission, if not provided.
http://www.netlog.com/go/manage/links/view=save&origin=external&url=[url]&title=[title]&description=[description]&tags=[tag1],[tag2],[tag3]&referer=[referer]
Note: Please make sure that you encode all parameters using percent-encoding to avoid broken links and/or display issues.
Required Arguments
- URL
- The URL of the link that will be added to the users Netlog profile.
Optional Arguments
- Title
- The title of the link. If not provided, we'll try to get it from the link's meta data.
- Description
- The description of the link. If not provided, we'll try to get it from the link's meta data.
- Tags
- A comma seperated list of keywords relevant to the link. If not provided, we'll try to get it from the link's meta data.
- Referer
- URL of your page, to track usage.
Widget
Use the following widget to allow visitors of your website to add your webpage (or any blog post/article) to their favorite links on Netlog. Replace [url] with the correct URL of your website/blog/article.
code:<a href="http://www.netlog.com/go/manage/links/view=save&origin=external&url=[url]"> <img src="http://v.netlogstatic.com/v4.00/2454//s/i/common/buttons/add_link.png" /> </a>
You can optionally add any of the extra parameters mentioned above.
Note: If you click this widget, but aren't logged in you'll be asked for your Netlog credentials or to create an account. Register an account here.
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