2013
Embedly | Embed any URL through one powerful API
by 1 otherEmbedly provides a powerful API to convert standard URLs into embedded videos, images, and rich article previews from 250 leading providers.
2012
Remote Preview
by 1 other (via)Remote preview is a tiny JavaScript based tool which I built for our test lab. It allows you to preview any URL on large number of mobile devices simultaneously. Just enter a URL, hit enter, and new URL gets automatically loaded on each device. Remote preview works on platforms like Android, Blackberry, iOS, Maemo, Meego, Symbian, Windows Phone and WebOS.
URI.js - URLs in Javascript
by 1 otherURI.js is a javascript library for working with URLs. It offers a "jQuery-style" API (Fluent Interface, Method Chaining) to read and write all regular components and a number of convenience methods like .directory() and .authority().
URI.js offers simple, yet powerful ways of working with query string, has a number of URI-normalization functions and converts relative/absolute paths.
2011
lorempixum - placeholder images for every case
by 6 othersPlaceholder Images for every case. Webdesign or Print. It's simple and absolutely free!
2010
phurl - Project Hosting on Google Code
(via)Phurl is a free, clever, and easy to use PHP URL shortening system. In just 5 minutes, you can get your very own URL shortener set up and working. The script comes packed with a ton of features which you won't find in other scripts, and has a very easy installation wizard+ to help you get started. Since the script was started in 2007, our developers have constantly worked to improve and amend the script, fixing any bugs as soon as we can.
Spoiled Milk ApS > Blog » HTML5: Changing the browser-URL without refreshing page
by 1 otherAn often overlooked feature of HTML5 is the new “onpopstate” event.
This new feature offers you a way to change the URL displayed in the browser* through javascript without reloading the page. It will also create a back-button event and you even have a state object you can interact with.
2009
Daring Fireball: A Liberal, Accurate Regex Pattern for Matching URLs
(via)A common programming problem: identify the URLs in an arbitrary string of text, where by “arbitrary” let’s agree we mean something unstructured such as an email message or a tweet. I offer a solution, in the form of the following regex pattern...
Short URL Auto-Discovery (wiki)
Short URL auto-discovery is a simple way to link a long URL with a short URL. The following code should be placed in the head section of the HTML page.
link rel="shorturl" href="http://short.com/1234"
or add the following to the HTTP Headers of the page
Link: http://short.com/1234; rel=shorturl
In most real-world situations, the short URL then redirects with an HTTP code 301 to the long URL, but that behavior is not covered by this RFC.
That's it! :) try it at: http://relshorturl.appspot.com/
2007
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