CulWiki Now in GitHub

As I mentioned over at my blog I’ve added Culwiki – the wiki engine behind wiki.cullect.com to the collaborative source-code site github.

You can get it here:
http://github.com/garrickvanburen/culwiki/tree/master

HOW TO: Build Your Own URL Shortener in 2 Steps

First, pick up a domain you’d like to use for your short urls – i.e. mine.url – and turn on a webserver.

To Receive a Shortened URL for your domain from Cullect:
Add the Cullect Item Stats javascript widget to an HTML page, passing it a long URL and your domain:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cullect.com/item.js?only_link=1&link=[the-really-long-url]&domain=mine.url"></script>

To Redirect a Shortened URL from your domain
Add the Cullect redirect to your .htaccess file:
RewriteRule ^(l?[0-9]*)$ http://cullect.com/redirect/$1?domain=mine.url [L]

You now have your own custom domain URL shortener with all the bells and whistles Culld.us has. For extra credit – play around with the options in the Cullect Item Stats widget

Wiki.Cullect.com Now Live

Wiki.Cullect.com is where I’ll be putting notes, How-Tos, and other info on how to get the most out of Cullect. In general, documenting everything about Cullect.com.

I invite you to as well.

The wiki is open to anyone with a Cullect.com account. Again, Wiki.Cullect.com.

I’ve been wanting a wiki to easily and quickly document Cullect for a while now. I wasn’t able to find an existing wiki engine that integrated the way I wanted, so I built one. It’s still in the ‘experimental’ stages, so please send me a note if it’s not behaving as it should.

Thanks.