Bookmark this entry with del.icio.us

[Jon_King]

Anyone know how to do a "Add to del.icio.us" link on a website? I'd like to encourage the bookmarking of my sites.

Your help is appreciated.

[SuzyUK]

Found this on a favourite site (Thanks Nick)

<script language='javascript'>
document.write("<a href='http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + document.location.href + "&title=" + document.title + "'>Add to Del.icio.us</a>")
</script>

document.location.href = url/location of the page
document.title = title of page from <title> element

don't understand it all myself but it works ;)

Suzy

[Jon_King]

Ha! Thanks Nick.
Thanks Suzy!

[henry0]

Hello J-K
I used that one for a while, works fine and never did I have any complaint :)

I set in a library, it is easier to have all the js in only one location and call them when needed via a library.

Name it bookmark_my_site.js 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> 
var txt = "Bookmark this site"; 
var url = "http://www.mydomain.com"; 
var who = "My Domain"; 
var ver = navigator.appName; 
var num = parseInt(navigator.appVersion); 
if ((ver == "Microsoft Internet Explorer")&&(num >= 4)) { 
document.write('<A HREF="javascript:window.external.AddFavorite(url,who);" '); 
document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status='); 
document.write("txt; return true "); 
document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status='); 
document.write("' '; return true "); 
document.write('">'+ txt + '</a>'); 
}else{ 
txt += " (Ctrl+D)"; 
document.write(txt); 
} 
</script> 
PUT IT IN A LIBRARY AND CALL IT:
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="/library/bookmark_my_site.js"></script> 

[dcrombie]

I've never understood why you'd use an 'add to bookmarks' link. Especially if it only works for a single platform or browser. For example, the key-command in different browsers could be any of: Ctrl+D, Ctrl+T, Apple+D, Apple+T and probably others.

The 'Add to del.icio.us' link makes perfect sense as in that case there's no built-in command.

[henry0]

Very easy answer: User experience!

In my case the site using it had a user base category that had no clue about anything tied to PC.
such as: ctrl something .. and other shortcuts

All actions needed to be triggered by an "click here"